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New Jersey becomes 3rd state to raise smoking age to 21
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| 21 JULY 2017
| AP
Posted on 07/23/2017 3:43:21 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Who decided that 21 was the age to purchase alcohol and now tobacco, and pretty soon other adult-related activities? What constitutes adulthood? For the people who are 18-20, what are they going do?
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Sounds like my birth state must have all the other problems fixed.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:45:23 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
They are going to do whatever they want, just like we did before turning 21.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:46:13 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(CNN IS ISIS.t)
To: SaxxonWoods
Bummer. Harder to get laid.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:47:23 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“Free, white and 21” used to be the measure of maturity in this country, though that phrase has been rendered moot in recent years.
No longer politically correct, doncha know.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:48:01 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(The difference between Illinois and Venezuela, is that toilet tissue is still available in Illinois.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
More abject stupidity. A kid can vote at 18 but can't buy beer or cigarettes until he is 21. If he is not responsible or mature enough to buy those things, he sure as hell shouldn't be voting.
This is all just do-gooder virtue-signalling. No kid turns 18 and says "Yay! Now I can buy cigarettes!" Most kids who smoke start when they are younger than 18. Same with alcohol. In fact, I can't see a reason why this sort of age-limited thing doesn't run afoul of the Equal Protection clause. Age discrimination and what-not.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:48:25 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: fr_freak
25-30 ought to be the minimum age to vote. And probably requiring military service and owning property, too. No skin in the game, no dice. Welfare cases, definitely no vote.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I remember when NJ was one of the first states to raise the details drinking age to 21. On any Friday or Saturday night every bar and liquor store in Rockland County, just across the state line was jammed with cars with NJ plates.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:51:07 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: fr_freak
By that logic, maybe we should change the age for drinking whiskey to 45 or so.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:51:14 PM PDT
by
Ueriah
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Lol. What stupidity.
In high school, I hung out with the nerds (of which I was one and still am), the popular gals, the jocks, and the heads. The heads mostly hung out in the back of the school with (of all people) the local cop assigned to the school. Guess who gave me my first smoke at age 16? Yup, the cop. (He did not care about little things like that, just student safety.)
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:51:18 PM PDT
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I remember when you had to be 21 to vote, and 18 to drink.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:52:25 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I’m glad to hear that this is the most pressing issue in New Jersey.
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:53:32 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: fr_freak
I agree that these laws are stupid. I started drinking at 16 and I have no idea what the "drinking age" was at the time but it wouldn't have mattered. There were always plenty of ways for me to get alcohol.
Later in life, I hosted German exchange students and despite them being high school age, they were experienced drinkers and gave me advice on choosing beer! Over there there is no drinking age and they don't seem to have the kind of troubles with alcohol abuse we have over year. They weren't drunkards either. They treated alcoholic beverages with respect.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
It’s been 25 for at least the last 15 hearts in AZ
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posted on
07/23/2017 3:54:00 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: Impala64ssa
Way in with age-of-majority changes. Could be 30 for everything, Or 12, and no cushion for first timers. Hey, learn the law or else. :-D
To: fieldmarshaldj
Voting should be limited to male property owners of age (25 sounds good). Wait - we used to have a system like that. Wonder what happened to it?
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posted on
07/23/2017 4:04:40 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Ueriah
No idea what your point is
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posted on
07/23/2017 4:04:57 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yeah, that’s going to work. Why not make the age of getting to first base 19?
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posted on
07/23/2017 4:09:08 PM PDT
by
heights
To: fr_freak
18 year-olds should be allowed to drink. Libertarian. Otherwise change adulthood to 20. Exceptions should be those in the military-even if they’re 17. I’m tired of 18 year old criminals being referred to as ‘teenagers’.
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posted on
07/23/2017 4:09:23 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
If tobacco is universally bad, obvious, just ban it outright. Placing 22 year old age limit on anything, yet giving vote at 18 and military service at 17/18, is not right.
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posted on
07/23/2017 4:13:31 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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