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McConnell, Kaine to introduce bipartisan Senate bill to raise the federal smoking age to 21
Cnbc ^ | May 21, 2019

Posted on 05/20/2019 12:40:29 PM PDT by SMGFan

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Tim Kaine plan to introduce a bill Monday that would raise the federal minimum age to buy tobacco to 21 in hopes of curbing what regulators are calling an “epidemic” of teen vaping.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Kentucky; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 116th; kentucky; mitchmcconnell; nannystate; pufflist; timkaine; tobacco; vaping; virginia
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What differences will it make when it is not illegal for young teenagers to smoke? I am not aware of any punishment if a child smoke a cigarette. It is not even prohibited .
1 posted on 05/20/2019 12:40:29 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Why is there a Federal smoking age?


2 posted on 05/20/2019 12:41:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SMGFan

Why don’t they pass a Bill to build a complete wall?


3 posted on 05/20/2019 12:43:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SMGFan

How will a bill that limits buying TOBACCO curb VAPING??

They are two totally separate things


4 posted on 05/20/2019 12:43:24 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: BenLurkin

See what they have done in the U.K.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7023631/Smoking-children-plummeted-35-cigarettes-banned-till-points.html


5 posted on 05/20/2019 12:43:29 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: SMGFan

Where would we be without a benevolent government to save us from ourselves?


6 posted on 05/20/2019 12:43:40 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: SMGFan

My smoking campaign is.. if they can choose a gender other than thier scientific one.. why can’t they choose to smoke?


7 posted on 05/20/2019 12:43:58 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged for cash and control.)
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To: SMGFan

If you aren’t responsible enough to drink or smoke... WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ALLOWED TO VOTE?


8 posted on 05/20/2019 12:44:09 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: SMGFan

And the voting age to 16.....SMH.....


9 posted on 05/20/2019 12:44:27 PM PDT by Ndorfin (Kitties,titties, and fiddies)
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To: SMGFan

UK banned displays. No one prohibit under age smoke, only underage purchasing.

Of course a girl may get an abortion at 12 .


10 posted on 05/20/2019 12:45:56 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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This is a totalitarian move. I’m against smoking, but only a totalitarian government should do. Make smoking illegal or leave it alone.


11 posted on 05/20/2019 12:46:14 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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Of course a girl may get an abortion at 12.

...without parental consent.

And of course any kid 18 and older can legally buy and smoke marijuana in certain Dem states.

12 posted on 05/20/2019 12:48:33 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: SMGFan

So an American military member can vote, fight, and die for their country, but they can’t have a drink or smoke a cigarette? I remember when 18 was the legal drinking age, and you had to be 21 to vote. My mother used to send us kids to the corner grocery store to buy her cigarettes for her and my father. Back then, a pack of Camel’s was 25 cents.


13 posted on 05/20/2019 12:48:39 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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The same Mitch McConnell who wouldn’t bring Kate’s Law up for a vote?


14 posted on 05/20/2019 12:49:13 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: SMGFan

Nannystate RINO bullcrap.


15 posted on 05/20/2019 12:49:21 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Children 2 to 7 smoke in Indonesia in this 2011 story

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/age-children-smoking-indonesia/story?id=14464140
From Age 2 to 7: Why Are Children Smoking in Indonesia?


16 posted on 05/20/2019 12:49:36 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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Why is there a Federal smoking age?

Also, my first thought.

Why do we even have states anymore? The Nanny government in Washington has all covered.

17 posted on 05/20/2019 12:49:54 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Paladin2

Yeah, Isn’t it great to see McConnell really doing something important?


18 posted on 05/20/2019 12:49:57 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: BenLurkin

Get the F out of here government!


19 posted on 05/20/2019 12:51:03 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SMGFan

What about the epidemic of illegal people and drugs into our country over an unsecure border?


20 posted on 05/20/2019 12:51:28 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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