A new law makes it illegal for young people under the age of 21 to buy cigarettes in the UNITED states. The law includes cigars and e-cigarettes.
It is a matter of fact, after president Donald Trump last week signed the law as part of a series of legislative amendments, which aim to create a great financial gain.
It writes among other CNN.
The us president, writing about the measure, as well as the others he has written under at, in the following tweet:
I will be signing our 738 Billion Dollar Defense Spending Bill today. It will include 12 weeks Paid Parental Leave, gives our troops a raise, importantly creates the SPACE FORCE, the SOUTHERN BORDER WALL FUNDING, repeals “Cadillac Tax” on Health Plans, raises smoking age two 21! BIG!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2019
Several u.s. senators have long pressed for the law to become a reality. Among other things the Mitt Romney of Utah, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Todd Young of Indiana is among the senators, who have pressed on.
The many senators have succeed with the project by letting the law be included in a number of 'must-be carried out'-laws of'must-pass' called it) to the government should not shut down.
It is a big sundhedsnyhed in the u.s., but already have several states introduced precisely the age for purchase of tobacco.
In all, 19 states had adopted the border, including, among others, California, Hawaii, New York, Texas and Washington.
Trump has previously expressed a desire to introduce the law.
- We need to take care of our children, so we are going to get a minimum age limit of 21 or there about, he said back in november.
the Announcement comes while concerns are rising in the u.s. over young people's increasing consumption of e-cigarettes and related leading lung damage.
