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Tobacco 21 is the movement while Smoking ages in the United States is a brief history of the US smoking age. I don't think two articles are necessary. cookie monster (2020) 755 03:44, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
The map shows AK as being 21. Sept 8 2022 A bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21 was vetoed. The legal age is 19. https://www.ktoo.org/2022/09/11/dunleavy-vetoes-e-cigarettes-tax/ https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Vetoes/SB45.pdf https://alaskabar.org/youth/sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll/drugs/tobacco/tobacco-information/ 24.237.29.190 ( talk) 19:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
I am alittle confused because of the difference in federal and state laws on the topic, in part because I know that enforcement in states can differ from the federal law. For instance, in 1970 states differed on the drinking age, and it was only when the federal government pressured states into passing state laws on the 21 drinking age that in effect states banned and enforced their bans on drinking under 21. Part of the issue probably relates to enforcement. If you are in a state that allows 18-20 year olds to smoke tobacco under state law, are federal law enforcement agencies going to penalize young adults for possessing, using, or acquiring it? I would expect not. It would seem that federal marshals or DEA agents would have to be the ones making those arrests or giving those citations under federal law. I couldn't find online what penalty federal law would impose, either. Rakovsky ( talk) 00:52, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
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Tobacco 21 is the movement while Smoking ages in the United States is a brief history of the US smoking age. I don't think two articles are necessary. cookie monster (2020) 755 03:44, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
The map shows AK as being 21. Sept 8 2022 A bill to raise the age to purchase tobacco products to 21 was vetoed. The legal age is 19. https://www.ktoo.org/2022/09/11/dunleavy-vetoes-e-cigarettes-tax/ https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Vetoes/SB45.pdf https://alaskabar.org/youth/sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll/drugs/tobacco/tobacco-information/ 24.237.29.190 ( talk) 19:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
I am alittle confused because of the difference in federal and state laws on the topic, in part because I know that enforcement in states can differ from the federal law. For instance, in 1970 states differed on the drinking age, and it was only when the federal government pressured states into passing state laws on the 21 drinking age that in effect states banned and enforced their bans on drinking under 21. Part of the issue probably relates to enforcement. If you are in a state that allows 18-20 year olds to smoke tobacco under state law, are federal law enforcement agencies going to penalize young adults for possessing, using, or acquiring it? I would expect not. It would seem that federal marshals or DEA agents would have to be the ones making those arrests or giving those citations under federal law. I couldn't find online what penalty federal law would impose, either. Rakovsky ( talk) 00:52, 21 January 2024 (UTC)