At age 20 in the United States, you’re old enough to fight in the military overseas, work full time, have a child, and even vote to determine the future of our country. But apparently Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., doesn’t think a 20-year-old is mature enough to buy a pack of smokes.
The senator plans to introduce a bill raising the national age requirement to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. McConnell might be well-intentioned, but this plan is ridiculous and will only strip away consumer freedom from millions of young adults with negligible benefits to public health.
So McConnell’s grand plan is a response to a manufactured crisis that’s more driven by panic than any actual cause for concern. Yet the consequences of such a nanny state overreach are very real.
https://fee.org/articles/mitch-mcconnell-wants-to-raise-the-tobacco-age-to-21/
The senator plans to introduce a bill raising the national age requirement to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. McConnell might be well-intentioned, but this plan is ridiculous and will only strip away consumer freedom from millions of young adults with negligible benefits to public health.
So McConnell’s grand plan is a response to a manufactured crisis that’s more driven by panic than any actual cause for concern. Yet the consequences of such a nanny state overreach are very real.
https://fee.org/articles/mitch-mcconnell-wants-to-raise-the-tobacco-age-to-21/