article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Hawaii is poised to become the first state in the nation to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anybody under age 21.
article_snippet.sent: The state's legislature on Friday passed a bill raising the minimum legal age -- currently 18 -- to buy tobacco or e-cigarettes.
article_snippet.sent: a bill raising the minimum legal age -- currently 18 -- to buy tobacco or e-cigarettes will now go before Gov. David Ige, whose signature would make a bill raising the minimum legal age -- currently 18 -- to buy tobacco or e-cigarettes law in Hawaii as of January 1, 2016.
article_snippet.sent: Forty-six U.S. states permit the sale of tobacco to anyone 18 or older, while Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah require customers to be at least 19.
article_snippet.sent: Dozens of cities and towns, including New York, have already raised the minimum legal age for tobacco purchases to 21.
article_snippet.sent: A 2014 survey of Hawaii voters found that 71% favored raising the legal age to 21.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hawaii's legislature passes a bill raising the legal age for buying tobacco to 21 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: a bill raising the legal age for buying tobacco to 21 is now before Gov. David Ige, whose signature would make a bill raising the legal age for buying tobacco to 21 law .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Most states allow tobacco sales to anyone 18 and older .