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New Mexico Legislators to Consider Tobacco Purchase Age Increase

Add New Mexico to the list of state legislatures that will consider an increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as a bill…

Ann Arbor, Mich. Tobacco Age Increase Could Get Overturned (Update)

Just about six months after Ann Arbor, Mich. approved an increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, the state’s attorney general has declared…

Pembroke, Mass. to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21

There will be another city in Massachusetts raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as on Monday night the Pembroke Board of Health approved…

North Dakota Won’t Increase Tobacco Purchasing Age

While a number of states have bills seeking to raise the tobacco purchase age, North Dakota has become the first of this current crop to…

Indiana Bill Seeks to Raise Minimum Age to Purchase to 21

A bill in the Indiana House of Representatives would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. H.B. 1578 makes three…

Second Oregon Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Bill Expected Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton, is expected to introduce legislation that would raise the minimum the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to…

Genesee County, Mich. Moves Towards Raising Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21

Genesee County, Mich. is one step away from raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. Yesterday, the Genesee County Board of Commissioners…

Orange County, N.Y. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 (Update)

Another New York county will be increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as today the Orange County legislature voted unanimously in favor of…

Arizona Bill Seeks to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21

There hasn’t been much tobacco-related legislation coming out of Arizona in recent years, but this year, the state’s legislature will deal with a bill seeking…

Two Bills Seek to Raise Oregon’s Cigar Tax

Tobacco taxes are a hot topic in the Oregon legislature this session, with five separate bills currently seeking increases to various aspects of the state’s…

North Dakota Could Increase Tobacco Purchase Age to 19

North Dakota has joined the growing list of states with bills seeking to raise the minimum age to purchase and use tobacco products. State Rep….