I’d like a rule which recognizes that states are free to raise the smoking or drinking age to whatever age they would like. But the voting age automatically goes up with it.
Put a $15 minimum wage tax on cigarettes.
Power! Power!Power and more Power to the oligarchs!
And liberals want to reduce the age of consent for sexual activity.
California Uber Alles.
The same idiots saying “legalize marijuana!” think cigarettes are evil.
And yet many smokers of tobacco are able to be gainfully employed, versus the stereotypical marijuana user.
I say treat cigarettes and eVape the same. At some point just ban them and be done with it. (Don’t bother flaming me as I don’t care—never smoked and my dad died from it last year.). I do absolutely have a problem with the age, though. At 18 you can vote, join the military, and be drafted. Has always seemed wrong that you instead had to be 21 for drink and such. (I turned 18 as they drinking age changed in the 70s and this has always irked me. If I was responsible enough to join the military, I should be okay to do anything Constitutionally legal. Being 35 to run for president is one obvious exception.)
So much for the right to choose.
Can someone under 21 smoke “medical” marijuana legally?
Everyone who wants one has a dope card.
Lets see, a no nothing, inexperienced ignorant 16 year old can drive a 5,000 pound machine at 70mph, but they’re not allowed to buy tobacco?
GRIN
Good for the black market business.
Does that include weed?
Silly Rabbit, Age laws didn’t stop me from smoking starting at age 13. This law will do NOTHING!
When my step daughter returned from her first tour of duty in Germany where she was allowed to drink as much beer as she wanted she was a bit upset that she “could vote and die for her country but could not drink a beer”. Now she would not be able to smoke a cig. What a country!
The leftist Puritans are at it again. What's next - banning booze? Oh - wait ....
I was stationed in San Diego when the drinking age went up to 21. The navy kept the drinking age at 18 on base to keep the young sailors from going to Mexico to drink. We went anyway.
So...
In response, all the current smokers in California, between the ages of 18 and 21, should go put out their cigarettes on Jerry Brown.
An 18 year old is legally an adult who can vote and can join the military to fight and possibly die for the country. But he can’t buy booze or smoke and can be on daddy’s insurance for up to 10 years later. IMO, not that anyone asked or cares, there’s too many picky little laws taking away adulthood on 18 year olds. We all know the vast majority of them can’t find their way out of a paper bag so raise the legal age back up to 21 for everything and be done with it.