California Governor raises tobacco age to 21

Posted on 5 May 2016 by Tim Brown

California Governor, Jerry Brown, yesterday signed a bill to raise the sales age of all nicotine and tobacco products sold in the state to 21 years old.

California has long been a leader in tobacco prevention and control, but 40,000 of its citizens still die each year from smoking, and it costs the state over $9bn in extra health care expenditures. The new tobacco law is set to take effect June 9 along with another measure measure that prohibits e-cigarette use where smoking is forbidden…

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