A Hawaii state lawmaker has introduced a bill intended to effectively ban cigarette sales statewide.
State House member Rep. Richard Creagan’s (D) bill would raise the minimum smoking age incrementally each year to 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, 60 in 2023 and 100 in 2024.
The current legal smoking age in Hawaii is 21.
Creagan told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald that he thinks the state is “obliged to protect the public’s health” through stricter regulations on cigarettes.