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Hawaii lawmaker seeks to ban cigarette sales for anyone under age 100

By Caitlin Yilek
Published February 4, 2019 8:38pm ET
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Hawaii lawmaker seeks to ban cigarette sales for anyone under age 100
Tom Hansen, from Canada, smokes a cigarette at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider, in Waikiki, Hawaii, Nov. 14, 2006. | (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

A Hawaii state lawmaker seeks to ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone under the age of 100.

Democratic Rep. Richard Creagan’s bill would raise the age people are legally allowed to buy cigarettes in five stages in the next five years: age 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, 60 in 2023, and 100 in 2024.

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