California Senate Advances Bills Increasing Smoking Age To 21, Regulating Vaping

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The state Senate passed several bills Thursday as part of an anti-smoking legislation package, which aims to crack down on tobacco companies and e-cigarettes.
It’s being called one of the most sweeping changes the state has had in decades.
The first bill, called Tobacco 21, raises the smoking age from 18 to 21, in an effort to lower the number of premature deaths related to smoking cigarettes.
According to a study by the Institute of Medicine in 2015, increasing