House Passes $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill, Includes Federal Tobacco 21 Law
The United States is one step closer to making it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to purchase tobacco products.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, a massive $1.4 trillion spending bill that funds the government until next September. Included in the nearly 1,800-page bill are a variety of other provisions, many of which unrelated to funding the government, including a provision that would increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21.
The bill includes a clean tobacco 21 provision, meaning that the change only increases the minimum federal age from 18 to 21. It does not include any exemptions, like those under 21 serving in the military, but also does not introduce any further regulations for tobacco.
It will now move onto the Senate, where it needs approval before it can be signed into law by President Donald Trump.
The bill passed the House by a vote of 297-120.
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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