March 25, 2015 Charlie Minato Regulations,  Smoking Bans

Bill to Raise Rhode Island Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Faces First Vote Tomorrow

The move to make Rhode Island the first state in the nation where you must be 21 years of age to buy tobacco faces its first test tomorrow.

House Bill 5225 will be voted on tomorrow in the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare. The bill was proposed by Rep. Teresa Tanzi, D-South Kingstown & Narragansett, earlier this year. It changes Section 11-9-13 of the General Flaws to require individuals to be 21 or older to purchase tobacco products.

H.B. 5225 Rhode Island Teresa Tanzi
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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.

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