Legal age to buy tobacco products is 18, but cities and counties across the U.S. are raising that age to 21. San Antonio may become the first Texas city to have such an ordinance.
If you've never wanted to kick the habit before, the idea that you could have a million dollars leftover might be just what you need. Holy....um, smokes.
A bipartisan effort to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 could make Texas the third state in the nation to raise the smoking age above 19.
We all know that smoking is very bad for you and that tobacco sales are limited to certain stores and certain ages. These brands though, are being pulled off the market completely.
A new law will go into effect Oct. 1, in England and Wales that will outlaw smoking in a vehicle with persons in it under the age of 18. Could this happen in America?
In East Texas, we take great time to protect our children from a lot of things such as bullying, profanity, violence, abuse and so on. All of these represent our highest levels of priority in terms of keeping our children the safe, healthy playful little people who fill our world with boundless joy. With this in mind, should it be illegal to smoke in a vehicle with children?
As an adult, we might not think about our actions sometimes but we should. The reason being is that children, especially our own, most often mimic what we do.