New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that will make his state the 17th one in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. New York now will become one of 34% (over 1/3) of the U.S. States with a tobacco purchase age of 21. The new law goes into […]
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed a bill into law that will make his state the 16th one in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. The new law begins to go into effect October 1st. An exemption is made for members of the military who are at least 18 years old. […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law that will make his state the 15th one in the U.S. to raise its tobacco purchase age to 21. Texas now will become one of 30% of the U.S. States with a tobacco purchase age of 21. The new law begins to go into effect […]
If you are keeping track of the percentage of the states to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21, it is now 28%. On Friday, May 17th the State of Vermont became the 14th State in the U.S. to raise the tobacco age to 21. A bill which was passed in the Maryland legislature was […]
The number of states that have passed into law raising the minimum purchase age of tobacco products to 21 has now crossed the 25% threshold. On Monday, the State of Maryland became the 13th State in the U.S. to raise the tobacco age to 21. A bill which was passed in the Maryland legislature […]
This past week, the state of Arkansas became the 12th State in the U.S. to raise the tobacco age to 21. A bill which was passed in the Arkansas legislature was signed into law by Governor Asa Hutchinson. The new law begins to go into effect September 1st. An exemption is made for members of […]
On Special Edition #52, we take a walk down memory lane as we look at some cigars that were either popular and/or we enjoyed that are no longer on the shelves anymore. We’ll explore the reasons why these cigars disappeared. Plus, its the one year mark of our Aging Experiment with the Crowned Heads Le Carême […]
Tonight on Special Edition #52, we take a walk down memory lane as we look at some cigars that were either popular and/or we enjoyed that are no longer on the shelves anymore. We’ll explore the reasons why these cigars disappeared. Plus, its the one year mark of our Aging Experiment with the Crowned Heads […]
The Senate has introduced its bill to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21, and it will have a very powerful sponsor. Yesterday, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell [R-Kentucky] announced he will introduce the Tobacco 21 bill. This bill joins House Bill 2084 that was introduced by Rep Robert Aderholt [R-Alabama] to raise the tobacco purchase […]
Each year on Cigar Coop, we do an annual review of the Top 12 Stories / Themes related to the cigar industry. One of the stories for 2013 revolved around the City of New York becoming the first major municipality to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. At the time I noted a potential […]
