Tobacco 21 law: ID, please

As part of a sweeping spending bill, last week President Donald Trump signed the new minimum age law into effect that strictly prohibits retailers from selling any tobacco products to people under the age of 21. 

This includes e-cigarettes, which have come under heavy scrutiny over the last year. Look for more changes coming to the vaping industry soon as the FDA expands research into the trend that has proved deadly in some cases.

Historically, Missouri has a higher rate of tobacco use- in 2017 20.8% of Missouri adults used tobacco products as the national average is at 17.1%. It was also noted that 9.2% of Missouri high school students smoked cigarettes at least once in the past 30 days compared to the national average of 8.8%.