will take effect in about nine months -- the Food and Drug Administration has 180 days to update its regulations and they will go into effect 90 days after that.
A sign posted outdoors at a smoke shop reads "You Must Be 18 Years Old with Valid I.D.," in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. A sign posted outdoors at a smoke shop reads "You Must Be 18 Years Old with Valid I.D.," in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 8, 2016.Youth tobacco use became a point of discussion in Washington as the prevalence of e-cigarette use and vaping among teenagers seemed to skyrocket. Though the issue garnered more attention due to the hundreds of vaping-related illnesses across the country, raising the age to purchase tobacco won't directly tackle that problem.
Congress did this, not the executive branch.
Great idea as cigarettes have been proven to be very bad for everyone including second hand smoke?
What about guns?
Those teens are gonna be pissed off! Luckily he’s made it easier for them to express their frustration through the medium of an AR-15😞
Good.
Why would we want to keep an addictive substance at a lower age anyway? Don’t we want to create an aversion?
Trump? Just passing laws all by himself again
Might as well raise the damn voting age while they're at it.
Does this mean $MO will drop at least 10% Monday morning?
Anti tobacco (anti-freedom) groups see this and a flavor ban as a good thing. There is nothing good about dictating the life choices of an adult 18 and older.
A kid can wear a uniform and kill and be killed but can’t buy cigarettes? Old enough to vote but not mature enough to make the decision to smoke........then there is driving a vehicle.
imagine going to adult jail for not being adult enough to own that product hmm
Apparently the tobacco Lobby's check did not come in on time
well they need to raise of military service and being locked in prison vs child jail also then
An 18 year old can legally buy guns and be a trained killing machine but they can’t smoke a cigarette? GTFOH with this shit. 😞
Super
The party of less government sure doese like adding government into people lives!
Too many different ages to do this or that. Settle on one age and be done with it
These new laws don't give a grandfather clause. If you are an adult at 18 but are denied your freedoms, responsibilities and rights and treat legal adults like children, then don't expect those same 18 year olds to fight your wars.
Problem solved!! No more need for news in this topic.
I’m shocked that the cigarette lobby hasn’t lost their minds.
If you are old enough to kill for our weapons manufacturers... You are old enough to get lung cancer from our cigarette manufacturers!
STOP selling tobacco products. Pretty Simple!!!!
But having to produce Ian ID to vote is racist!
Well republicans... Who's taking away your rights? As a Democrat I love it.
They should raise the age for joining the military as well.
Raise the legal cell phone age to 18 ✅
The best thing trump has done since becoming president.
I'm sure he liked to raise the voting age to 21 as well.
Conservatives are now the party of big government!
People use the young people in the military to voice opposition. Is everyone in the miltary a smoker Its like their lives are being taken away becauae of this😂😂😂😂
Why raise the age to buy Cigs, other people will just buy them for the kids anyway!!!
black market is making money off the vapes
We’ll still draft you at 18 to die in a useless war, but we’ll be damned if you can drink and smoke at that age. You’re still a child!
Who put that in the bill?
Oh look another useless bill
Millions of 19 year old smokers are pissed 🤪😂🤣😄😁
🤷🏼♀️ I thought it was always 21. 🤷🏼♀️
Please people are dying every day with Gun Violence and he has done nothing about it at all vaping and cigarettes are not killing 100 people a day😡😡realDonaldTrump
The “Trump Administration”...it was passed by Congress. Also ignoring Tim Kaine co wrote the original bill. Way to spin 😂
It was snuck into the omnibus bill that nobody voted on plus gun control research. That’s a black eye
For those who haven’t educated themselves and are trashing trump for this:
chell1459 If one has to be 21 to make decisions that could impact their health and safety, perhaps they shouldn't be allowed to join the military or be tried as adults for crimes until they are 21.
The legal age to have (male) gay sex needs to be raised from 18 to 21 as well. If you aren’t old enough to smoke a cigarette, you aren’t old enough to smoke a pole.
Can you buy a gun at 18? Asking for a friend ?
It’s funny our country seems to care more about youth using tobacco products than cartels and the drug war
Trump did this or Congress. Please do some journalism
But not the age to buy guns? 🤷🏼♂️😉
Wow, feel for my fellow brothers & sisters, who raised their hand to support and defend. Our PX’s across globe are crying
Need to ban vaping!
Crazy thought. How about criminalize cigarettes and alcohol if they're so concerned with our health and safety.
campaign promise 1: check
More GOP conservative issues! While realDonaldTrump and GOP gives us the HighestNationalDebtEver! Don’t smoke or drink till 21! How about give boys vasectomies and then reverse them at 21, no unwanted pregnancies! Oh wait you can still marry at at 16 or less in 26 states 🤪
Congrats kids...you can go to war and die for your country at 18, but smoking kills so you aren't adult enough to make that decision until you're 21.
Awesome!
If This Country’s Government truly cared for its Citizens It would band all 🚬Tobacco Products from market sales❗️🚭 🚬🚭Tabacco products are the 1 factors of death & potential severe toxic health issues 🤨☝🏼 It’s Not An Opinion It’s A stated fact❗️
And gun laws ?
liberals mad
make it 25
Hmmmm
What about states that have a grandfather clause or states that still wanna make it 18?
Stupid
Let's bring back pocket watches and trolley cars too!
At the age 18 you can be drafted into the army to go give you a life?
And where, exactly, is that power found in our Constitution? Be specific, please.
I don't like many of Trump's policies but since I am a non smoker, this is actually good. Hopefully it will keep less ppl from developing this disgusting habit which is very hard to kick.
Congress did it.
Only liberals would claim this is a bad thing. Oh. But if Obama raised the smoking age, they would be dancing in the streets and bragging how Obama defeated big tobacco. Hypocrisy! Another reason to walk away from the Democrats.
This is so stupid
What is the legal age to own/ buy a fun? 18? So at 18 years old you can smoke someone but not a Marlboro?
While lowering the age to go to war...
Well done Mr President 😎
So.. you can buy guns & go to war & literally kill people but you cant smoke a cigarette? America
Oh, that’ll help.
Just like alcohol and weed should have the same law.
Wanna buy some death sticks?
Conservatives sure like the 'nanny state' don't they? F'ing hypocrites.
Well that’s good.
Great, now there’s going to be more underage smoking...
now 21 year olds go on and ruin your health and go hungry as they exceed 5.00 a pack
And gleefully throws children into concentration camps around the country!
So now are service men can’t drink or smoke until they turn 21. That stinks
Approved by Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats!
Sure I guess. Would like to see the numbers on how this is supposed to protect people
480,000 people die every year due to smoking. Raising the age to 21 may save 50 to 60 thousand lives. I don’t understand people’s hard on for keeping the age at 18. Nicotine is about as addictive as heroin and harder to get off. We should discourage its use as much as possible.
You can drop out of school at age 16 and 17, but I guess it is all about priorities.
Not old enough to buy cigs or alcohol = old enough to get your face shot off in the wars. justsaiyan
You can buy a gun but NOT cigarettes. This country is looney toons 🤪
Does this mean we dont have to hear about how regulating soft drink sizes is big government overreach?
Wow
This bill was garbage
He should’ve raised it to 61. MAGA. 🇺🇸 💨
Nanny state.
Now raise the voting age.
and now vaping & tobacco can be considered 'gateway drugs' - as young people seek out illegal ways to buy them stupid is as stupid does
And yet 18-year-olds can enlist in the military, get training, and kill foreign nationals on behalf of the American empire. Contradiction, much?
This is dumb. Then raise the eligibility for military service to 21. If you can be trusted to go to war, you can be trusted to drink and smoke.
So u can fight in a war and buy a gun at 18.
But other drugs are still easy to obtain ... garbage
Fantastic!!!!!
And for guns?
21 Nope Sorry.
Well that’s about the stupidest thing. If someone wants to do it, let them. And certainly if you can die for this country, you should be able to smoke or drink
If this law had been around when I was 17 it would of done *checks notes* ....absolutely nothing
So you can die for your country but cant drink and or smoke have fun everyone.
No smocking!
That's cool, because you can still join the military at 18🙄
Good.
This isn’t conservatism.
Good!
Way to be “conservative” and staying out of private business.
Just to be clear, you can die for your country at 18 but you can’t have a smoke? Or a drink? You’re either an adult at 18 or you’re not.
Good wage!
18 year olds in trouble for possession lol
You mean congress passed a law and Trump signed it?
Do this with guns
Fantastic!!!
Another diversion he is good at what he does and knows how to play these cards very well the skunk, sorry do not want to insult the skunk!! Probably smarter!!!
Loathe him and yet this is a good move 👍🏼
In theory this sounds excellent but if you can go to war you have a right to make a decision if you want to smoke or not it’s hard to quite so please don’t start
If they raise it to 90, people won’t run the risk of lung cancer till they’re 100. Just a thought.
Then raise the voting age to 21. Simple, if you can vote, join the military, get credit at 18 then you're adult and take the responsibility on yourself
They made this change to appease the whiners, Naysayers and Complainers! I think an 18 yo can make a rational decision whether to smoke or vape! Changing the age to 21 will make no difference!
More Gov't⚖Less Gov't When is a person old enough to decide? 17='Legal Adult' and can join military. Will be criminally prosecuted as adult. 18=federally legal to buy long-gun (14 in some states)
Nice.
Ehhh over reach by the Government. Doesn’t affect me though.
So an 18 yr old can protect, serve, fight for, DIE for this country but CAN NOT LEGALLY buy a pack of cigarettes I am not a smoker, but damn, what kind of stupidity is this?
At least you can go to war at 18.
Yes go trump
Good! The legal age to buy Tobacco should be 38 because that’s when my father died.
It was a bill not an EO. You people are pathetic.
This is very stupid because if you can go into the military and risk your life when your 18 you should be able to buy a pack of cigarettes and have a beer.
Does this mean Barron has to give up his Juul?
I don’t understand how something like this gets passed without any fanfare, but we can’t just as easily handle gun legislation.
So he signed a bill passed by a Democrat led congress, so while I can't stand Trump, this is grossly misleading. This is a bi-partisan decision.
You tell 18 yr olds they are adults that can make decisions, go to war, vote, buy a house and gun but can’t purchase alcohol or cigarettes? Either you align all adult responsibilities to age 18 or 21. You can’t sparse things out. Either I’m an adult or I’m not ReduceGovtControl
How are you people shitting on this. It’s for the best interest of youth and of course if someone really wants to get it they will. Enough of the stupid war lines too. Not everything he does can be deemed 💩
Socialism!!
Who will pay for medical treatment for all these smokers?I know, smokers are our bread n butter once they hit 50, but when they start hitting ER, who’s gonna pay? 21 is good to choose killer addiction
*Congress* passes bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco in the US to 21. ... you guys are so blatantly biased it's not even funny anymore. No one is buying your bullshit and you've become irrelevant. Merry Christmas!!! 🎄🎁🎉
So if I’m 19 now and choose to smoke legally but under the new law I’ll need to wait 2 yrs before buying cigarettes again? Is the govt paying for my nicotine patches in the meantime?
Wow, Trump keeps winning.
This is wonderful
Congress raised the tobacco purchase age, trump cannot make law.
You mean House raises the legal age and realDonaldTrump signs it to avoid a shutdown. Poison pills galore.
Now this I can get behind!
The age you can be sent to fight and die for your country should be the age you can do everything else.
So it’s legal to go to war at 18, but illegal to buy tobacco at 18
👍
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I reallly like all what he is doing!! Results? The best!!!
Surprised! Perhaps this is only act that this President unites the people.
Only liberal fascists would attack Trump over this when it has been the liberal fascists who have been pushing for this for over a year! Such bigots!
Not a Trump supporter but I hate cigarettes so that’s fine!!
That’s Great but if they want to smoke they find a way LARZIK
I had no problems finding people to buy me cigarettes before I was 18. Sad but true
Good news
Trump Still A Horrible Human But He Did Alright Here. Well Done
Guns use also kills. Can you do something about that now? He’s still a selfish prick so no applause here.
Good move. Honest question, at what age can you buy a gun in the states?
Strange .... but Trumpy and Moscow Mitch have ignored all gun legislation for the killings in schools ' IDIOT'S ' CHANGE NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like this is going to stop anyone — aren’t there bigger catfish to fry?
So let me get this straight...you have to be 21 to purchase cigarettes that if used regularly might kill you in 30 to 40 years, but at 18 you can purchase a gun that can kill hundreds of people in seconds. I guess the tobacco companies didn’t contribute enough to the Trump Fund.
I never thought I would agree with Ted Cruz on anything. I agree with him on this. Young people can die for this country but not smoke.
What media won't mention is also raising legal age to buy e-cigs/vaping products. Hopefully this is a step towards halting the youth vaping epidemic. However, I would like to see more regulation & enforcement of the rules; lack thereof is how we got into this mess to begin with.
Dumb of people want to smoke they will illegal or not. Age limits do nothing. JS
Love it!
But what’s the age you can smoke though? All I read is you have to be 21+ to purchase, not 21+ to smoke 🤔
so i can buy some cigs today but 9 months from now i cant?
Seriously? Kudos to Trump...
Great. He'll lose the 18 to 21 demo
Don’t really like this at all. Federal government should really stay out of those decisions.
Cigarettes make you look COOL 😎
That's a fucking travesty. Is he raising the voting age? How about the age to join the military? Either 18 is an adult, or it's not. This issue should have been left to the states anyway.
I don’t smoke so this doesn’t affect me, but this is just more nannying adults who are responsible enough to kill and die for the country but not responsible enough decide whether to smoke or not. Nanny state at its finest.
That’s not going to prevent younger people from obtaining tobacco products. Youth often does things just because it’s taboo for them.
This is stupid
So you can send an 18 year old to war, but they can’t drink or smoke? Sounds reasonable.
Looks like it’ll be easier to buy guns than to buy cigarettes. One screwed up country.
Let's see how that goes and how many more kids get sick or die from those juul cigs
Good
I thought republicans wanted small government?
There needs to be an exemption for those who are already 18-20.
Adults 18-20 are now second class citizens. All 18-20 year olds deserve the same rights/responsibilities and freedoms as an older adult. I think 18-20 year olds should step up for their basic rights/responsibilities and freedoms, discrimination has no place in our society.
Who raised the age? The House Democrats passed it!
Don’t smoke, it’s bad for your health. But by all means have a gun
18 year olds are supposed to be adults. They should be able to decide for themselves.
An overreach of the federal government.
I am not saying it is a bad thing but it won't stop youngsters from smoking. They will obtain these products illegally and find somewhere to smoke unseen. Guns are more of a danger to the young--------school shootings etc.
Everyone wants guns banned, but when tobacco banned will happen?
It’s about time !
Raise the legal age to have (male) gay sex in the U.S. to 21. If you aren’t old enough to smoke a cigarette, you shouldn’t be old enough to smoke a pole either.
Raise the voting age to 21 along with age to join the armed services. Why not say you're not an adult until you turn 21 also!
But he can send an 18 yr old to an unsafe place where he may be in harms way! Yeah, that makes sense!
This is stupid. Why not make it 30? If their going to raise the age of being an adult to 21 then they shouldn’t be able to vote, join the military w/o parents consent or make adult decisions. If nothing else, all this should be the state’s decisions. To much government
Wow, has CNN or any of the Democrats blamed Russia yet?
Should have done voting instead.
That need to ban that crap all together
As long as the legal age to smoke weed stays 15 I’m cool.
This is trash!!! So Soldiera fighting overseas can’t smoke? GTFOH
What about Copenhagen? That’s a city.
You can die for your country before. They also can send you around the world before and don’t prepare the US soldiers for that. So it is not a surprise that they get out of hand because they cannot handle the alcohol ...nobody should be surprised that they are not well liked.
All the smokers I've known started way before 18.
Hitler also hated smoking.
hold on - Trump admin? Is THAT who raised it? Who or what raised it, ABC?
I'll give him a win on this one.
So, in America you can be a parent, vote, pay taxes, go to war, but you can't drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes.
If I understand correctly, I think Hawaii just passed a smoking law something like this (not exact, but u get the idea). 2020=21yrs old; 2021=31; 2022=41; 2023=51; 2024=61, etc. It means in a few years 100% smoke free. anyone correct me if I am wrong. Thank you ahead of time.
I hope that excludes military
Same for vapping?
Smoke more freely
It’s not just tobacco it’s e cigs too.
Cool now can we lower the age of military service to 15 please? Thanks. I actually agree with this though lol. Just seems like a strange standard in comparison. If your going to treat people under 21 like kids who shouldn’t make certain decisions there needs to be consistency.
I think this is a good move, however why no action about purchasing and owning a gun prior to age 21? Please tell us which kills more?
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Excellent idea good job Mr President
Teens start smoking around 13-15 years old. Sounds like old man bs governing. Great job dfpotus
Thanks Mr. President.
So as we said in the 70’s about liquor and voting, someone can put their life on the line to fight for their country but can’t buy smokes?
I'm ok with this. I hate cigarettes and cigars.
This is such a dumb law
They should raise the age of his wives...
Sensible
MORE: This change means that in less than a year it will become illegal for anyone under 21 in the United States to purchase vape products and e-cigarettes, as well as more traditional tobacco products.