Colorado panel votes to raise tobacco age to 21

Published February 21, 2014 12:58am ET



DENVER (AP) — Colorado would raise the tobacco age to 21 under a bill that won approval in a House committee Thursday.

The bipartisan bill could make Colorado the first with a statewide 21-to-smoke law. It passed the House Health, Insurance, and Environment Committee on a 6-4 party-line vote, with all Republicans opposed despite the proposal’s Republican sponsor.

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