Other states that increased the age requirement for tobacco purchases include: Arkansas Hawaii Maine Illinois California New Jersey Washington Delaware Oregon Utah Maryland Vermont Massachusetts Virginia At least 470 cities and towns within the United States similarly enacted local laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21
2015 Additional Tobacco Links and Resources From SFCAN: Coordinated action on tobacco control, especially in young adults, low income communities, the homeless and people with mental illness - where smoking rates are higher than the general population- can make the highest impact
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The US probably falls below third-world countries in terms of some of the tobacco control policies related to labeling. FDA spokesperson Michael Felberbaum told Vox that the agency has added some packaging restrictions on tobacco products in recent years, including prohibiting the use of descriptors such as light, low, or mild. In 2016, FDA also began asking companies to warn smokers that nicotine is an addictive chemical but that statement wont appear on all packaging until mid-2018
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