Recently, the state of California raised the age to buy tobacco to 21 years old. A lot of people think this will decrease the amount of people who smoke, because that is the age a majority of people start to smoke. But, on the other hand many people argue it is not going to stop people that used to be able to smoke at 18, that there will be more arrests being made than before for possession of tobacco before the age of 21. I personally, think that the new law is going to make more people get in trouble with the law. I absolutely hate cigarettes and smoking, but I still feel that this law is not going to stop these people from buying tobacco products before 21. Has the 21-year-old law ever stopped teenagers and young adults from drinking alcohol?
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This I feel is more interesting to me and has to do more with my current major. People must know that this country should not have restrictions like this because it is not going to stop people. They will break the law if they have to. Before medical marijuana people will still smoking marijuana on a daily basis and access to the drug is not hard to find. Tobacco will be the same way, and it is unnecessary to have to arrest these people who were smoking tobacco legally before the new …show more content…
I think it is important that people know how much this is going to change the state. Smoke shops who are small businesses and are going to lose a lot of their best customers. My boyfriend works in the industry and says that his clientele has decreased a large amount. I understand that the state wants to prevent people from starting the use of tobacco and preventing many people from lung and throat cancer. I think their efforts and intentions are good, but like I stated earlier, it is not going to stop anything, but it will increase the amount of people getting criminal
This I feel is more interesting to me and has to do more with my current major. People must know that this country should not have restrictions like this because it is not going to stop people. They will break the law if they have to. Before medical marijuana people will still smoking marijuana on a daily basis and access to the drug is not hard to find. Tobacco will be the same way, and it is unnecessary to have to arrest these people who were smoking tobacco legally before the new …show more content…
I think it is important that people know how much this is going to change the state. Smoke shops who are small businesses and are going to lose a lot of their best customers. My boyfriend works in the industry and says that his clientele has decreased a large amount. I understand that the state wants to prevent people from starting the use of tobacco and preventing many people from lung and throat cancer. I think their efforts and intentions are good, but like I stated earlier, it is not going to stop anything, but it will increase the amount of people getting criminal