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Board passes ordinance on first reading to raise legal tobacco purchase age to 21
Summary
On March 1 the Board passed on first reading an ordinance to raise the minimum legal age to purchase all tobacco products — including e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco — from 18 to 21. Supporters cited public-health data; the ordinance drew industry litigation threats.
The Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance on March 1 to raise the legal age to purchase any tobacco product, including cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, the ordinance’s lead sponsor, cited public-health research and UCSF findings that early initiation increases lifetime smoking. Wiener and cosponsors (Supervisors Maher, Cohen and…
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