We, as legislators, have a duty to do things to save people’s lives. If we don’t ban cigarettes, we are killing people.

Hawaii state Rep. Richard Creagan, a Democrat, doctor and former smoker, who introduced a bill to incrementally raise the smoking age to 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, 60 in 2023 and 100 in 2024.