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• Position: Hawaii makes minimum age 21 for tobacco buying - Stateline - Brief article

Hawaii recently became the first state to raise the minimum age for tobacco purchases to 21. Similar legislation was passed by the California Senate. Proponents say that keeping an addictive product out of the hands of young people will reduce the number who become smokers. Less than one-third of smokers picked up the habit after age 18, and only 5 percent start after 24, according to a 2012 report from the U.S. Surgeon General. "Tobacco companies know that people are more likely to become addicted to smoking if they start at a young age," said Senator Ed...