Iola City Council members are expected to discuss further tonight whether to rescind the city’s Tobacco 21 ordinance, which prohibits the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anybody under 21.
The statewide age to purchase tobacco is 18, but the Council — at the behest of the Allen County Rural Health Initiative — raised the age to 21 in Iola’s city limits.
Other communities, particularly Gas, have balked at the request, however.
Allen County Commissioner Jim Talkington requested at the Council’s June 14 meeting that Iola rescind the ordinance, which took effect June 1.
