Spot all about good food and family. Hi, good evening im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. We begin tonight with a push by new jersey lawmakers to raise the age for all Tobacco Sales and that includes ecigarettes. Diana rocco is in pennsauken right now with more on the proposal. Diana. Reporter ukee and jessica, the new age would be 21 and with this new bill lawmakers are now trying to get teens to stop smoking before they start. Smoking may soon be a lot harder in the state of new jersey for young adults. The legislature is now tackling a bill that would move the legal buying age from 19 to 21 years old. Im very much in favor of it. I think its a positive thing and it could help a lot of people quit smoking. Not quit but not start it in the first place. Reporter inside sage diner in mt. Laurel some of the younger diners see classmates taking less smoke break at school while others say its about sending the right message. Its not good. Its not healthy. Everything that weve read and all
Old. Im very much in favor of it. I think its a positive thing and it could help a lot of people quit smoking. Not quit but not start it in the first place. Reporter inside sage diner in mt. Laurel some of the younger diners see classmates taking less smoke break at school while others say its about sending the right message. Its not good. Its not healthy. Everything that weve read and all the medical journals and all the doctors always tell you how detrimental smoking is. Reporter the state would lose 1 million in revenue every year on cigarette tax. We certainly move the drinking age from 18 to 21, um, and weve had better out comes. Reporter one of the bills sponsor said would save millions in health care for would be smokers who never start. Moving it just a few more years we know that the young minds dont develop until much later, and if they adopt addictive behaviors early on in life they will continue with these sort avenue dick tiff behaviors. Reporter hawaii is the only other s
Other problem is over in parma there was an accident involving a semi is the traffic very slow and that was an accident there. For 80 at granger nothing in it. Just it a lot of volume this morning as you wait make your way over to broadway and to 71 they do have an accident with a tractortrailer on routeh to heisley that ramp is closed they say the ramp is closing up very quickly and folks are using that as an alternate. Over to you. It took just ten days and center interviews, but now it is officialal that new head football coach this morning with more on hugh jackson and his plan for the team. Our head coach, hugh jackson, officially become on the 16th brown browns head coach. Coming from the Cincinnati Bengals, but says he is excited to come up more than ten around the team that did not havet a best season. I feel very comfortable and confident that i can get it turned i believe that i know that and i expect to get that done. He has been a coach for 29or years. Fifteen in the nfl. T
Ten minutes, but right now, jillian mele is standing by with the first alert traffic. Good morning, jillian. Good morning, bill. To you at home as well. We have an accident on 76, the eastbound side right near the blue route. You can see it right there. Its on the shoulder, so its not blocking anything on the highway itself, but it is enough to cause drivers to tap their brakes as they pass that scene, so we could see some volume continuing to build on that portion of 76. Drive times on 95 still pretty average. No big delays to report yet southbound into center city, still clear at this hour. If youre taking mass transit, no issues to report. Everything is on or close to schedule. And for drivers in delaware this morning, we are following some construction on 495 southbound just past route 13. We have two lanes blocked in that area. Vai . Thank you, jillian. All morning weve been following breaking news in bustleton. Thats where about an hour ago, Philadelphia Police caught two burglar
Visibility. Thats not bad at all. Its the wind thats helping to keep the fog from forming this morning. Look at the temperatures. Most of the area is in the 40s. And even the cooler spots are well above freezing. Mt. Pocono 38 degrees. Now, we could see a rain shower in the pocono mountains, but the rest of us will see sunshine break through the clouds. The winds picking up. It will be a windy afternoon, but the temperatures will be climbing. 44 at 9 00, up to 50 degrees with sunshine at lunchtime. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast in ten minutes, but right now, lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning, jillian. Good morning to you, bill. So far, our only problem weve had out of Chester County is this downed pole thats still out there in elverson, chestnut tree road right near manor road. You can take bulltown road as your alternate there. Aside from that, the majors are looking pretty good. A live look at route 202 out near route 1, very quie