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Resident urges Gaston County Schools to back state bills raising vaping purchase age to 21
Summary
At the Aug. 18 Gaston County Board of Education meeting a resident urged the board to pass a resolution supporting House Bill 430 and its Senate companion to raise the minimum purchase age for vaping and nicotine products to 21.
Suzanne McPherson, a Bessemer City resident and retired educator, asked the Gaston County Board of Education on Aug. 18 to pass a resolution supporting state legislation that would raise the minimum legal age to purchase vaping and other nicotine products to 21.
McPherson said the change is proposed in “house bill 4 30 and the companion bill 3 18 in the senate” and urged the board to send a copy of a resolution to regional legislators and the chair of the rules committee. “I ask that you pass a resolution in…
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