man smoking cigarette reference Holding a lighter cigarette in mouth reference portrait

Yes, more prospects to grab

AB374 passed through the legislature this 2022-2023 session, despite opposition from tobacco control and other public health partners

This ban is intended to be in effect in perpetuity: Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes. The explicit goal of proponents is to create a smoke-free generation. Supporters of the ban, such as the Kings Fund, point to the medical and economic harms caused by smoking which would theoretically be alleviated by such a ban

Everyone goes to bars and smokes

If you are a smoker, you may feel like there are benefits to smoking, but there are no positive benefits from smoking