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Hawaii is considering a bill that bans cigarette sales to anyone under 100
CNN ^
| February 4, 2019
| Ryan Prior
Posted on 02/04/2019 4:49:32 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
(CNN)"The legislature finds that the cigarette is considered the deadliest artifact in human history."
So begins the text of a new bill introduced in Hawaii's State House, calling for a phased ban on cigarette sales in the state by 2024.
Hawaii has some of the most restrictive cigarette laws in the nation. In 2016, it became the first state to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. Now, its new bill calls for raising the cigarette-buying age to 30 by next year, up to 40, 50 and 60 in each subsequent year, and up to 100 by 2024.
That would effectively clear Hawaii's store shelves of cigarettes, although tourists could still bring them in.
And curiously, Hawaii would offer its centenarians the chance to buy cigarettes near the end of their life -- if they could find them.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Hawaii
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Gee, I wonder how anyone will make money off of this, he thought to himself sarcastically.
To: Ciaphas Cain
.....And the criminals rejoiced.
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:52:05 PM PST
by
PanzerKardinal
(Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
Maybe they can sell the pineapples to
the illegal muzzies that take over....
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:52:21 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Ciaphas Cain
They can smoke more meth, I guess.
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:52:43 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Build the wall, deport them all.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
Yup, that’ll work as well as prohibition.
Hawaii has become laughably liberal.
They’ll not laugh when China takes it over.
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:53:04 PM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: Ciaphas Cain
Next up, legalization of pot.
To: Ciaphas Cain
I guess they think you’re worthless if you’re 100.
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:54:03 PM PST
by
Brilliant
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:54:12 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Doogle
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:54:21 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
Ciggies are out, Maui Wowie is in. Cough, cough...
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:56:41 PM PST
by
W.
(I'm tired of cleaning up after autokorrect. Wish it would die!)
To: sparklite2
Next Hawaii 5-0 big bust... a yacht full of contraband cigarettes...
To: Ciaphas Cain
Not to worry, Philippinos run efficient black markets. Probably result in cheeper smokes. The navy guys will be making money too.
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:57:05 PM PST
by
Track9
(Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
To: sparklite2
"....dimmit that was good"
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:57:47 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: sparklite2
“Put ‘em on the Dole?”
LOL!
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posted on
02/04/2019 4:58:46 PM PST
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: Doogle
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02/04/2019 5:00:24 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Doogle
Incidentally, only royalty was allowed to surf (and any commoner standing in the shadow of a Hawaiian royal was executed) until the white man came along.
To: Ciaphas Cain
But marijuana smoking is ok, right?
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posted on
02/04/2019 5:02:51 PM PST
by
laweeks
To: Ciaphas Cain
I believe this would badly affect tourism.
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posted on
02/04/2019 5:03:16 PM PST
by
Persevero
(Desmond is not -Amazing- Desmond is -Abused-)
To: Ciaphas Cain
The same people pushing to make cigs illegal, are pushing to make pot legal...
What is wrong with this picture?
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posted on
02/04/2019 5:03:18 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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