[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

California . . . smokers on the burning shore . . .

Nanny State PING!

[a fool in paradise]

as well as ban tobacco and smokeless tobacco advertisements to those who are younger than 21

More offensive than porn?

[iowamark]

Age restriction doesn’t work. More than 80% of smokers started smoking before age 18.

[OneWingedShark]

Pretty soon the only thing that 18 is going to be used for is the draft.

[Organic Panic]

And of course the politicians in Sacramento will complain that the tax revenues that fund programs “fo’ duh chidrens” are going down. OH that’s right, just raise the taxes on cigarettes again.

[txrefugee]

Does that apply to weed, too, or will they pass a law that everyone over the age of 14 has to smoke dope?

[RKBA Democrat]

And it will be dealt with the same way that all other forms of prohibition are dealt with; through a vibrant and profitable black market.

I hope they pass the law. Its that much less in tax revenue that the state of Califiornication will collect.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Next they will be crying because tax collections from cigarettes are down.

[SandRat]

I thought it was already.

[Sacajaweau]

Don't ever kid yourself....When they ask for proof....it's not about how old you are...it's about tracking you.

I'm 71 and still get asked.

[BCW]

Heavyy Babyy is not impressed...will continue to smoke...as will most other kids in the barrio...

[Cry if I Wanna]

This will stop the 13 year-olds I see smoking on the corner every day.

[Gay State Conservative]

Fair enough....the smoking age *and* voting age goes up to 21.Or even 30.

[BBB333]

Imagine being 20 years old and ticketed/summoned/arrested for smoking...

Add that you are in the Military...

Judge: ‘You’d be OK, Boy, if you were just smoking pot and having sodomy with a fellow Military man in public - but here in San Francisco we take the evilness of cigarette smoking seriously.’

[Drango]

Don’t think it will work to discourage smoking. However a tax increase would work. Econ 101.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Now. Let impose a minimum of 21 years for voting.

[W.]

I wonder when they’ll get the bright idea to bring back 3.2 beer for the 18-21 crowd...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

At what age in TAXPAYER FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOL are they taught about gay sex? Kindergarten, it seems!

How about we let the kids smoke at say, age 6, but save the gay stuff for when they hit 21? Bet there’d be a lot fewer RECUITS into that hive of scum and villainy!

[Pollster1]

No. Smoking is stupid, but people should have the right to be idiots. Choosing to smoke is nowhere near as dumb as choosing to vote for Obama, and their Nanny State allowed them to make that horribly destructive decision. Cancer, perhaps, and only after a few decades, is trivial in comparison.

[Eleutheria5]

Teenagers? Hah! I smoked my first Winston behind the barn when I was nine.