Lawmakers want to ban under 21 smoking

Texas legislators are working to make it illegal for anyone under 21-years-old to buy cigarettes or chewing tobacco. For over a decade, Texas democrats have been looking for ways to raise the minimum legal smoking age, a topic of conversation really personal to Lamar students, and a major issue for those like Jazlyn Potier-Jones.

Texas lawmakers working to make smoking illegal toa

Texas legislators are working to make it illegal for anyone under 21-years-old to buy cigarettes or chewing tobacco. For over a decade, Texas democrats have been looking for ways to raise the minimum legal smoking age, a topic of conversation really personal to Lamar students, and a major issue for those like Jazlyn Potier-Jones.