<p>On December 29, 2015, <a href="https://manoa.hawaii.edu/smokefree/downloads/NEW-TOBACCO-PREVENTION-AND-CONTROL-LAWS-GO-INTO-EFFECT-JANUARY-1-2016.pdf" target="_blank">Governor David Y. Ige announced</a> that Hawaii would be the first-ever state to change the minimum tobacco-buying age.</p><p>Beginning January 1, 2016, the lowest legal tobacco purchasing age became 21 years of age.</p><p><strong>At the time, Hawaii's Director of Health Virginia Pressler stated:</strong></p><blockquote><em>"We are proud to once again be at the forefront of the nation in tobacco prevention and control."</em> </blockquote><p>Recently, Hawaii representative Richard Creagan wants to, again, be at the "forefront" of "tobacco prevention and control."</p><p><a href="http://www.fox5dc.com/news/hawaii-lawmaker-proposes-banning-sale-of-cigarettes-to-anyone-under-100-years-old" target="_blank">Creagan proposed</a> that his state increase the minimum age to buy tobacco to a shocking 100 years old.</p><p>His proposal does not include the sales of e-cigarettes, cigars or chewing tobacco.</p><p><strong>Creagan spoke about his seemingly dramatic proposal.</strong></p><blockquote><em>"Basically, we essentially have a group who are heavily addicted - in my view enslaved by a ridiculously bad industry, which has enslaved them by designing a cigarette that is highly addictive, knowing that it highly lethal. And, it is."</em></blockquote><p> <strong>He continued.</strong><em></em></p><blockquote><em>"This is more lethal, more dangerous than any prescription drug, and it is more addicting. In my view, you are taking people who are enslaved from a horrific addiction, and freeing people from horrific enslavement."</em></blockquote><p style=""><strong>Creagan concluded by explaining why it was his job as an official to make such drastic changes.</strong></p><blockquote> <em>"We, as legislators, have a duty to do things to save people's lives. If we don't ban cigarettes, we are killing people."</em></blockquote><p><strong>According to <em><a href="https://twitter.com/fox5dc/status/1092522431787532289" target="_blank">Fox 5 DC</a></em></strong><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/fox5dc/status/1092522431787532289"></a>, the bill would annually increase the minimum age in increments of approximately 10 years until jumping up to 100 years of age in 2024.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="79fe5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="G0M0CK1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092522431787532289" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Under the bill, the minimum smoking age would increase to 30 in 2020, to 40 in 2021, to 50 in 2022, to 60 in 2023 a… https://t.co/Fznoy7gQ8a</div> — FOX 5 DC (@FOX 5 DC)<a href="https://twitter.com/fox5dc/statuses/1092522431787532289">1549312620.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>People are loving the creative way of indirectly stopping people from smoking.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="95155" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="51558I1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092788944691970050" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@USATODAY Smoking kills the environment, wildlife, it pollutes.</div> — Heizel Solis (@Heizel Solis)<a href="https://twitter.com/heisolis/statuses/1092788944691970050">1549376162.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="19acc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="VQJY6K1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092851734047834112" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@USATODAY can someone explain to me why this would be a bad thing?</div> — CaptainMcFlawww (@CaptainMcFlawww)<a href="https://twitter.com/CaptainMcFlawww/statuses/1092851734047834112">1549391132.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6437b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="VQ8DGC1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092723500274585601" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hawaii considers a bill that would bar sales of cigarettes to anyone under the age of 100! Very clever way of banni… https://t.co/3kuazXHroj</div> — Charles Onyango-Obbo (@Charles Onyango-Obbo)<a href="https://twitter.com/cobbo3/statuses/1092723500274585601">1549360558.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="40037" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="D66W0X1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092852043973242880" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@sacbee_news Yay!!!</div> — bloomswest (@bloomswest)<a href="https://twitter.com/Bloomswest/statuses/1092852043973242880">1549391206.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="e2fc0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BNGSAO1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092859231676575744" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@sacbee_news I like it</div> — Brad Keller (@Brad Keller)<a href="https://twitter.com/Bradkeller2117/statuses/1092859231676575744">1549392919.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9b0be" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ZVU2AY1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092849386676211712" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@fox5dc Love it, get em outta here. I can’t stand smelling them walking out in public.</div> — Shitter (@Shitter)<a href="https://twitter.com/heaady/statuses/1092849386676211712">1549390572.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Others wonder what sorts of repercussions the law might have.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="9eb7d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CWRAWY1549505861"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092502497267200000" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@reason https://t.co/zdZsId3Igc</div> — Chris (@Chris)<a href="https://twitter.com/hatchr/statuses/1092502497267200000">1549307867.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="57ee9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6702BI1549505862"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092477367082201088" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@reason It seems Prohibition 3.0 is on the way.</div> — Barry Lyons (@Barry Lyons)<a href="https://twitter.com/lyonsnyc/statuses/1092477367082201088">1549301876.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="7632d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0EV2521549505862"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092847244531904513" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@sacbee_news I’d like to see the fake id’s resulting from this</div> — bill rad (@bill rad)<a href="https://twitter.com/billrad/statuses/1092847244531904513">1549390061.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9695c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7X1FH41549505862"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1092872856709578753" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@sacbee_news Fuck I gonna open a retirement home with a Smoke Shop inside in Hawaii! https://t.co/6DbTFeHiLB</div> — Bad Boy Brazil (@Bad Boy Brazil)<a href="https://twitter.com/Bad_Boy_Brazil/statuses/1092872856709578753">1549396168.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Personally, I'm all about lowering the negative impact humans have on our planet in any way we can.</p>
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