cigarette tax mi Tobacco use in Michigan 2021 Article clipped from The Herald-Palladium

Greg Abbott signed a bill on Friday making 21 the legal age that a person can buy tobacco products in the Lone Star state joining Arkansas, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, and coming at a time when there is a push nationally to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21

A spokesperson for Walmart told CNN Business that it made the "business decision" to end tobacco sales in select stores "as a result of our ongoing focus on the tobacco category." Public health advocates have long urged retailers to stop selling tobacco products, and some cities and states have also banned tobacco sales in pharmacies

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