New law illegalizes smoking for teens
For those of you caught up with the fight against the Tobacco Companies (I’m kind of neutral on the position, except in cases of parents who pass on their second-hand smoke to their kids), then you’ll be happy that in one state, a somewhat-important piece of legislation has passed into law. Before this law was put into place, even though minors weren’t allowed to buy cigarettes, they were allowed to smoke them. In South Carolina, they’ve now banned smoking for minors:
A new state law takes effect next month that is supposed to keep minors from smoking.
People under age 18 caught with cigarettes or other tobacco products after August 20th can be fined 25 dollars. They also could be required to complete an anti-smoking program, or ordered to perform five hours of community service
Now that South Carolina has issued this ban, there’s only five states left that haven’t.
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