Comments on: Raising the Smoking Age: East Valley Youth Respond http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2015/03/20/raising-the-smoking-age-east-valley-youth-respond/ Incorporating the Voices of the Eastern Coachella Valley Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.4 By: Raising the smoking age: East Valley youth respond | Youth Media for Building Healthy Communities http://coachellaunincorporated.org/2015/03/20/raising-the-smoking-age-east-valley-youth-respond/#comment-70776 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:48:04 +0000 http://coachellaunincorporated.org/?p=3718#comment-70776 […] The Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act (Senate Bill 151) would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 21 in California. But local youth say the availability of tobacco products and the rise of e-cigarettes may doom the success of the bill even before it goes up for a vote. “I think e-cigarettes are easier to get than traditional cigarettes because you can order them online without having to personally go to a store and buy them yourself… [P]eople can lie about their personal information, such as their age, to receive the product.” Young reporters give their predictions on Coachella Unincorported. […]

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