SFMS Applauds the California State Senate for Passage of Historic Package of Tobacco Legislation The California State Senate on Thursday passed a landmark package of bills that will regulate e-cigarettes as a tobacco product, raise the legal tobacco purchasing age to 21, and allow municipalities to tax tobacco. March 10, 2016 Advocacy, News, Public Health tobacco 21, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, physician advocacy, smoking age, tobacco 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Legislature Passes Historic Tobacco Controls to Save Lives, Protect Kids The California Legislature approved two groundbreaking tobacco regulation bills that will save the lives of thousands of Californians: classifying e-cigarettes as tobacco products and raising the tobacco purchasing age to 21. March 3, 2016 Advocacy, News, Public Health Mark Leno, SB 5X2, e-cigarettes, Save Lives California, SB 7X2, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
San Francisco Raises Tobacco Buying Age to 21 SF Board of Supervisors unanimously approve SFMS-endorsed Tobacco 21 ordinance to raise tobacco buying age to 21. March 1, 2016 Advocacy, News SFMS advocacy, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Endorses San Francisco's Tobacco 21 Ordinance The San Francisco Medical Society strongly endorses Supervisor Scott Wiener's proposal to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone aged 18 to 20, effectively raising the legal age to 21 (amending Health Code Sec.19H.14-1). February 22, 2016 Advocacy Supervisor Scott Wiener, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
