California banned selling cigarettes to people under 21 of the year

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California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill in which the state’s tobacco use age rises from 18 years to 21. Also under this law is liquid for electronic cigarettes with tobacco and chewing gum.

Senator Ed Hernandez, the author of the bill, said that if California raises the minimum age, other states will follow its example.

This law supporters seek to keep adolescents from the harmful (and sometimes fatal) consequences of nicotine addiction.

The Institute of Medicine reports that 90 percent of smokers start smoking before they turn 19.

In April, the state of Hawaii became the first in the country, where they raised the age from which tobacco can be officially used, from 18 to 21. After that, more 100 local jurisdictions across the country did the same, including New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

Beginning in June, 9 in California is prohibited to sell tobacco to persons who have not turned 21 a year.

The Institute of Medicine reported that by increasing the age of smoking to 21, 15 percent of young people from 18 to 20 years can be kept from addiction.

It is worth noting that the minimum age for using medical marijuana in California has remained at 18 years.

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