Seven states have increased the smoking age: California, New Jersey, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine and Massachusetts, and, effective July 1, Virginia.Florida lawmakers have considered raising the smoking age in the past, but the idea has not been approved.It was backed Monday by the Senate Health Policy Committee but could face trouble in the coming weeks.Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, said he despises smoking and the effects of second-home smoke.But Bean said he opposed the bill because we have to let kids and adults make their own decisions. A House version (House Bill 1041) has not been heard in committees.
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In Lexington, Ky., Jack Lewyn, a spokesman for the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, said it is doubtful the bill "will hurt cigarette sales very much since TV advertising is largely a competition among brands and by its nature not intended to create new smokers." He noted the industry "offered voluntarily to withdraw its advertising some time ago
