California to raise smoking age to 21!!! [View all]

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Great news! If it stops 1% from starting that is 1000s of life's!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/us/california-raising-smoking-age-to-21.html?_r=0

LOS ANGELES — California will become the second state in the nation to raise the smoking age to 21 and will begin regulating electronic cigarettes like other tobacco products under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday.

Mr. Brown, a Democrat, signed both bills without comment hours before the deadline to act. He vetoed a bill that would permit local governments to impose taxes on tobacco products.

The tobacco legislation was passed overwhelmingly by the Democratic-controlled Legislature over objections from the tobacco industry. Backers of the legislation said it would accelerate similar efforts in other parts of the country.