July 1, 2016 Charlie Minato Main

Jefferson City, Mo. Rejects Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase

The growing effort to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 in Kansas and Missouri faced a rare defeat yesterday as Jefferson City, Mo.’s public safety committee voted against raising the minimum age from 18 to 21.

Jefferson City could have joined both Kansas City as well as Bonner Springs, Gardner, Gladstone, Independence, Leawood, Olathe and Prairie Village if approved.

Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri. It has a population of around 40,000.

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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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