house physician of Hawaii who fume may want to carry up on their favored brand name of cigarettes — or considerquittingcold turkey . A lawmaker from the country of Hawaii ’s Big Island has proposed age limitation that would essentially ban the sale of coffin nail by 2024 .
According to theAssociated Press , Democratic state Representative Richard Creagan want to increase the minimum age for buying butt to 30 in 2020 . The age would increase incrementally to 40 in 2021 , 50 in 2022 , 60 in 2023 , and 100 in 2024 . So unless the body politic has a expectant detail of smoking centenarian , it seems improbable that stores would continue to carry packs of CamelsorMarlboro Lights .
However , the ban would n’t incubate all baccy products . Cigars , chewing baccy , and Es - cigaret products ( many of which contain nicotine ) would remain exempt and therefore available .
If happen , Hawaii would be the first state to ban the cut-rate sale of cigarettes in late chronicle . The state already has some of the land ’s hard-and-fast cigaret laws , including comparatively high tax rate ( $ 3.20 in taxes per ingroup ) and a minimum smoking historic period of 21 [ PDF ] . Creagan , who is also a physician and former smoking carriage , says these measures are n’t enough to deter smokers , though . " It ’s slowing it down , but it ’s not stopping the trouble , " he recite theHawaii Tribune - Herald .
He suppose the metre is ultimately project to protect the wellness of Hawaii ’s residents . " We , as legislators , have a responsibility to do things to economise people ’s life . If we do n’t ban butt , we are killing multitude , " he said . The state ’s House Health Committee is expected to hear the throwaway this week .
Although this marks a shift in the home discussion beleaguer fag , the cadence hashistoric case law . Fifteen states censor the sale of butt from 1890 to 1927 , partially overlap withProhibition(from 1920 to 1933 ) . The butt forbidding was deemed inbuilt by the Supreme Court , but industry pressure and the appeal of tax revenue put an end to those bans .
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