Tobacco 21 advocates say Floridaâs bills fall short
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Florida s T21 bills would flout federal law, anti-smoking group says.
An organization leading the charge to modernize tobacco laws nationwide says Floridaâs proposed legislation to raise the legal sales age is confusing, soft on retailers and hard on youth.
Additionally, companion bills
HB 987 preempt local lawmakers from passing protections that are stricter than state law, leaving kids vulnerable to tobacco and nicotine addiction while protecting the industry that caused the youth vaping epidemic.
With the preemption language, the bills also may prevent the state from being able to follow CDC best practices, which was mandated by Amendment 4 in 2007.
Tasmania could become the first state in Australia to raise smoking age to 21
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Smoking rates in the US town of Needham dropped by almost half when the legal age was increased to 21.
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Anti-smoking campaigners hope Tasmania could this year set off a chain of events that would see the legal smoking age increased to 21 across the country.
Key points:
A bill that would ban the sale of cigarettes in Tasmania to people aged under 21 will be re-introduced to Parliament this year
Tobacco 21 legislation was enacted across the United States in December 2019