age limit to purchase cigarettes Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S. The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies electronic and cigarette purchase age by state

of course, bringing home a thrift haul from my local Value Village every week is a lot less materially impactful than compulsively ordering micro-trend pieces made in overseas sweatshops and that was a great argument in its favour

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Nicotine policy has for years focused on the use by minors who then potentially become lifelong addicts and in Trumps first term, the FDA restricted e-cigarette flavors in 2020 after a heated policy debate in which Trump himself expressed concern about less-safe flavored imports

Menthol Cigarettes and Public Health: Review of the Scientific Evidence and Recommendations (Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, 2011)