Tag: Tobacco 21

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill Tuesday that will require Kansans to be 21 or older to legally buy tobacco products, starting July 1. The current age to buy cigarettes, electronic…

By week’s end, Congress is expected to pass a $1.4 trillion spending package. Tacked onto the bill is a measure to raise the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The measure has…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’s highest court ruled Friday that cities can raise the age for buying tobacco products even though state law sets it at 18, bolstering a public health movement driven in part…

Dear editor, I read with interest Virginia Macha’s comments Wednesday in the Register about the impact of the Tobacco 21 policy on her business.  Macha said raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from…