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Jan Johnson and Alex Clark discuss legislative issues and issues of interest to THR advocates. Tonight's topics include Tobacco 21 http://casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/Tobacco-21-as-of-02.03.17.jpeg Arizona tax bill turns into tobacco 21 bill http://casaa.org/call-to-action/arizona-take-action-to-oppose-a-95-tax-on-vapor-products/ New York,Massachusetts and New Jersey have passed these tobacco 21 bills and New Jersey has an estimated 8 or 9 on the books done through municipal legislation not state legislation. Most of these bills seem to be passing on the left coast although places you would not expect to see them crop up are starting to see them as well. Those places include Texas and Oklahoma. Needham Massachusetts study.They were first to pass tobacco 21 and the teen smoking rate dropped to 7 % and several years later teen smoking dropped to 5%. What about that 5-6%? Once they turn 21 will they continue smoking or start? http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0313-males-teen-smoking-20160313-story.h