They propose that the minimum age to buy cigarettes be 100 years

The goal of the democratic legislator Richard Creagan is to make the archipelago the first US state ban virtually all tobacco sales, "the most lethal invention of humanity", according to his project.

"We have a group that is highly dependent, I see it as enslaved by a ridiculous and terrible industry that has enslaved them by designing a very addictive cigar even knowing that it is deadly and that it is Is, "said the Hawaiian newspaper Tribune, a doctor. by profession

In 2016, Hawaii became the first state to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco, from 18 to 21 years, as for alcohol.

The Creagan project, which does not believe that the tax increase is effective, proposes to increase it to 30 by 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022 and 60 in 2023 Beginning in 2024, anyone wishing to buy a pack of cigarettes should have a minimum of 100 years

In this way, the state could ban virtually all sales of cigars on its territory without being the subject of legal proceedings by the tobacco industry. "The state is obliged to protect public health," said Creagan, who admitted to having smoked during his medical studies to stay awake during his long periods of work.

"We do not allow people to have free access to opiates, for example, or any other prescription drug," he said. The cigarette "is more lethal, more dangerous than any prescription drug and more addictive." "Our duty is to save people and if we do not ban cigarettes, we kill them," he said.