You MUST be 21 to buy tobacco.

[RCMerchant]

WTF is that all about??? 
You can join the military and kill people, but you can't smoke a cig or drink a beer.

[Allhallowsday]

Well I'm well past 21, so I agree with it.  BUT,  I sure wouldn't if I was 18.  Here in NJ, I was the last generation "grandfathered" in to legally drink alcohol at 18.  Kids just 2 months younger than me COULD NOT!  All of us well into adulthood think we know better about EVERYTHING.  I do know more than I did when I was 18... long ago I learned that an open minded person won't know everything he's capable of knowing until the moment of death. 

[Trevor]

That reminds me of when Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket was released here: it had a no persons aged 2 to 21 restriction (if you fell between those ages, you couldn't see the film). What was ridiculous is that 16 year olds (school leavers not en route to college) were drafted into the army then so it would be OK to go off and fight in a real war but Lord help you if you wanted to go see an age restricted film!  

[El Misfit]

I always thought that it was bizarre that you had to be 21 to start drinking  when you could go to the military at 18, ruin your life at 18 with college,  smoke at 18, and vote at 18. I do find it amusing that the 18th amendment took away alcohol and the 21st amendment brought it back.

[Gabriel Knight]

In my country you can vote at 16 and very soon you will be able to have abortions at any age, just by saying "I was abused" (no investigation will be required, you just have to say those words).

Isn't law amazing? 

[bob]

I think this has to do with all the deaths caused by e-cigarettes/vaping

[Rev. Powell]

Paraphrasing something I saw somewhere else: kids will now be saying, "Oh crap, it's the cops! Quick, light up a joint to cover up the smell of cigarettes!"

[indianasmith]

I hate tobacco.  It kills millions every year and confers no benefit whatsoever.
It's always seemed odd to me that marijuana, which does FAR less harm, has been illegal for most of my life, while tobacco, which is nothing more than an addictive poison, is legal.

I wish it were banned forever.

[claws]

I don't know anyone personally who died of smoking tobacco, but I knew lots of people who died because of alcohol (drunk driving) and alcohol related illness, including my dad. I'm not saying smoking is cool but if they ban tobacco they might as well ban alcohol. As for weed/cannabis:

Drivers under the influence of weed tended to weave more when tested.
Fatal Car Accidents Involving Marijuana Have Tripled in U.S.

Here in Germany smoking tobacco is allowed at the age of 18. You can legally drink Beer and Wine at the age of 16. The "hard" stuff at 18.

[chainsaw midget]

If there's an age that you become an adult then that should be it. 

18, you can drink, smoke, enlist, watch R rated movies, whatever. 

I don't get why there are different ages. 

[ER]

That's harsh. Buying tabasco never killed anybody.

[Trevor]

That's harsh. Buying tabasco never killed anybody.