Maine becomes fourth state to raise tobacco smoking age to 21
AUGUSTA, Maine (UPI) -- Maine will become the fourth state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21, after lawmakers voted to override the governor's veto that would have kept the age at 18. Gov. Paul R. LePage derided the bill as "social engineering" and argued that if 18-year-old people are old enough to join the military, they should be allowed to smoke. "I'm not going to strap a gun to their shoulder and go fight a war if they can't […]
