Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

For a country that is supposedly the freest in the world we sure spend a lot of time imposing restrictions on our populace that most other places don't. How about the government just butt out, no pun intended. An 18 year old is a legal adult. He can go off to war and kill somebody for some politician's ambition, so certainly he can choose for himself whether or not to smoke a cigarette.

Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21 - FOX5 Vegas - KVVU

 

[High_Gravity]

So fucking stupid smh

 

[Katzndogz]

This doesn't mean for pot. Minors should be allowed to smoke pot. It makes them smarter.

 

[Harry Dresden]

For a country that is supposedly the freest in the world we sure spend a lot of time imposing restrictions on our populace that most other places don't. How about the government just butt out, no pun intended. An 18 year old is a legal adult. He can go off to war and kill somebody for some politician's ambition, so certainly he can choose for himself whether or not to smoke a cigarette.

Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21 - FOX5 Vegas - KVVU

exactly....

 

[Harry Dresden]

This doesn't mean for pot. Minors should be allowed to smoke pot. It makes them smarter.

here we go.....

 

[Wry Catcher]

For a country that is supposedly the freest in the world we sure spend a lot of time imposing restrictions on our populace that most other places don't. How about the government just butt out, no pun intended. An 18 year old is a legal adult. He can go off to war and kill somebody for some politician's ambition, so certainly he can choose for himself whether or not to smoke a cigarette.

Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21 - FOX5 Vegas - KVVU

"He can go off to war and kill somebody ... so certainly he can choose " to kill himself.

Why would anyone but the purveyor of a deadly drug or an addict support the growing of this deadly substance? We put crack and meth cookers and sellers in jail, why not those who grow and sell tobacco?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Very odd that some would fight for the right to harm our children. Would these same people buy cigarettes for children who would not be old enough to buy for themselves?


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[martybegan]

Very odd that some would fight for the right to harm our children. Would these same people buy cigarettes for children who would not be old enough to buy for themselves?


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Once you hit 18 you are not a child. Why does the left keep trying to infantalize our youth?

 

[Defiant1]

If 18 yr olds aren't responsible enough to use tobacco products or alcohol, how are they responsible enough to vote?

 

[Againsheila]

It's stupid. When I was a kid, I routinely saw underage kids smoking. Raising the age limit isn't going to stop underage smoking anymore than it stops underage drinking.

 

[G.T.]

bullshit

the standard for an adult should always align with the Country's willingness to put that aged person on the front lines.

 

[High_Gravity]

So 18 year olds can't smoke but they are allowed to go fight in Afghanistan? wtf?

 

[High_Gravity]

bullshit

the standard for an adult should always align with the Country's willingness to put that aged person on the front lines.

You just nailed it.

 

[Againsheila]

If 18 yr olds aren't responsible enough to use tobacco products or alcohol, how are they responsible enough to vote?

They lowered the voting age when it was made apparent that an 18 year old could get drafted and die in battle in Vietnam but had no right to vote. They tried to lower the drinking age at the same time but that failed. They do have the right to drink on base though.

 

[G.T.]

bullshit

the standard for an adult should always align with the Country's willingness to put that aged person on the front lines.

You just nailed it.

I also had a good post



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[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Why would anyone but the purveyor of a deadly drug or an addict support the growing of this deadly substance? We put crack and meth cookers and sellers in jail, why not those who grow and sell tobacco?

Because it's not remotely the same thing, but you already knew that.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Very odd that some would fight for the right to harm our children. Would these same people buy cigarettes for children who would not be old enough to buy for themselves?


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18, 19, and 20 year olds are not children, but you already knew that.

 

[Katzndogz]

Very odd that some would fight for the right to harm our children. Would these same people buy cigarettes for children who would not be old enough to buy for themselves?


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Once you hit 18 you are not a child. Why does the left keep trying to infantalize our youth?

According to the government a child is a child until age 26.

 

[G.T.]

ill be getting buzzed at a boxing event this evening at the empire state plaza

ive been doing so for 11 years and never broke the law and drank earlier

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

If 18 yr olds aren't responsible enough to use tobacco products or alcohol, how are they responsible enough to vote?

They lowered the voting age when it was made apparent that an 18 year old could get drafted and die in battle in Vietnam but had no right to vote. They tried to lower the drinking age at the same time but that failed. They do have the right to drink on base though.

The drinking age was not 21 when they lowered the voting age. It may have been in some states, but many were still 18. It wasn't until the Reagan Administration that they forced the states, allied by a corrupt SCOTUS, through blackmailing of their highway funds to raise the drinking age to 21 across the board.