Philippines Gets Stringent Public Smoking Ban
A new smoking ban is coming to the Philippines, as President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order this week to prohibit smoking and the use…
Lawsuit Delays Tobacco Age Increase in Genesee County, Mich.
For the second time in about a week, a lawsuit has delayed the increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco products. Last week, an…
Massachusetts Senate Considers Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
Nowhere in the United States has there been more debate and action about raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco than in the state of…
Revere, Mass. Delays Tobacco Purchase Age Increase to Sept. 1
An appeal filed by a convenience store in Revere, Mass. has forced the effective date of the city’s increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco…
Aspen, Colo. Approves First Reading of Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Proposal
Colorado could soon have its first city with a minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic cigarettes of 21-years-old, as the Aspen City Council unanimously approved…
Maywood, Ill. Makes 21 New Tobacco Purchase Age
The village of Maywood, Ill. has passed an increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, raising it from 18 to 21-years-old during Tuesday’s…
Minnesota Senator Introduces Bill to Raise State’s Tobacco Purchase Age
Fresh off the heels off Edina, Minn. becoming the first city in the state to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes…
Edina, Minn. Raises Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco to 21
Last night, the Edina City Council raised the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products from 18 to 21. Edina is the first city in…
Tompkins County, N.Y. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
Come early July, individuals wanting to purchase tobacco, shisha, liquid nicotine, electronic smoking devices or related products in Tompkins County, N.Y. will have to be at…
Connecticut’s Tobacco Age Increase Bill Heading to House Vote
Connecticut has moved towards the front of the pack in the race to become the third state with a minimum age of 21-years-old to purchase…
New York Tobacco Purchasing Age Bill Advancing in Senate
The effort to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in the state of New York cleared its first hurdle yesterday…
