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Debating tobacco prohibition for 18 year olds

Over at the Lone Star Times, David Jennings offered a thoughtful reaction to SB 1049 by Uresti, legislation with bipartisan support that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco from 18-19, concluding:Lots of questions on this one. The first one being the most basic, is it ?right? to tell an 18 year old that he/she is not old enough to make a decision about tobacco? And if it is ?right?, why not go all the way to 21?Texas youth can drive and get married at 16 with parental consent, but can't legally have sex outside of marriage until they're 17. At 17 they can be prosecuted as felons and join the military with parental consent. At 17 and 18, respectively, they can get married and joint the military without parental consent. At 18 they can smoke, though Uresti's bill would increase that to 19...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 06, 2009 (boomark / email).