[Phantom Lord]

The reasons for age limits to purchase the products is not in question. But the lack of legal consequences for minors who purchase and use tobacco products provides for no deterance. Why should the weight of the law only fall on the seller of tobacco products? Minors caught with alcohol face legal consequences, why not do the same for tobacco?

[Dakmar]

I know this is a stretch, but what if a convenience store clerk is selling cigarettes to a five year old? Should the five year old be punished, or the clerk making the sale? It is the responsibility of businesses to ensure they are not making underage sales, and most do a good job.