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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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Kentucky; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 116th; kentucky; mitchmcconnell; nannystate; pufflist; timkaine; tobacco; vaping; virginia
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To: SMGFan

Effigy nanny state

Stupid.

Sorry your best friend got his head blown off in our stupid unwinnable war but hey no cigarettes for you


61 posted on 05/21/2019 12:52:42 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: Obadiah

And smoke it in a hotel room in a no smoking hotel


62 posted on 05/21/2019 12:53:45 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: SMGFan; 100American; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; ...
McConnell is an arrogant, condescending turd. The only reason to vote for a Republican't nowadays is because the Democrats are communists.

McConnell Introduces Bipartisan Bill Raising Smoking Age to 21

Nanny State PING!

63 posted on 05/21/2019 9:08:14 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The only reason to vote for a Republican't nowadays is because the Democrats are communists.

That's always been my reason. With the sole exception of Donald Trump.

64 posted on 05/21/2019 9:11:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: sphinx
Does this apply to marijuana as well?

No! For marijuana and cigars, they can be much younger....


65 posted on 05/21/2019 9:14:38 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why on earth would there even BE a feral smoking age??


66 posted on 05/21/2019 9:53:08 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: fella; All

I smoked for over 50 years until one day out of the blue I had a stroke while watching TV.

My head started spinning and I tried to talk but there were no words, just jumbled sounds came out.

I was scared to death. I made it to the hospital and after 3 weeks I was back home, much worse for the wear.

Those 3 weeks were enough time to do something I didn’t think I could ever do...quit smoking.

While in rehab I still had the urge to smoke but they weren’t going to let me so I put it out of my mind.

The 3 weeks were enough to clean the nicotine out of my system to have the chance beat the urge to smoke.

I started smoking in grade school when cigarettes were 20 cents a pack for camel or lucky, and you could buy them everywhere with no questions about who they were for.

I wish there was a enforced law making it 21 to smoke back then. If you really had to be 21 and prove it, nobody would be dumb enough to start at that age.


67 posted on 05/21/2019 10:06:14 PM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: SMGFan

21 is the new 12.


68 posted on 05/22/2019 5:59:50 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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