Hawaii has become the first state to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21. With this new law, they hope to discourage young adults from using tobacco early on in their lives and promote healthy lifestyles.

Several other states have also been actively debating this decision and the topic has become quite controversial. Raising the smoking age would only cause outrage from young adults who smoke and would bring unnecessary drama. For those who have been legally smoking at the ages 18, 19 and 20, they will be unable to purchase cigarettes as a result of the changed age limit.

The age 18 is when people are considered adults. If someone wants to smoke at that age, they should be able to make their own decisions.

The knowledge of the consequences and harms to cigarettes are widely known and most people in the nation are aware that smoking can lead to diseases like lung cancer.
However, even though most people know about the risks and dangers that come with smoking, people still choose to buy cigarettes.

If the public wants to take that risk, they should be able to do so. It is their life after all and if they choose to expose their bodies to that danger the government most likely won’t be able to stop them. Even if the legal age is changed, young adults will find a way to continue smoking. Banning a drug does not stop people from using it.
Even though smoking is a bad decision, there’s no need to change the legal smoking age because people already are aware of that fact.