How many states allow sale of tobacco to people 18 or older?
Forty-six
How many require one to be 19 years old?
four
What are those states?
Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah
What age has the city of New York raised it to?
21
What state will be the first to ban sale of cigarettes to anyone under 21?
Hawaii
What body passed this bill?
The state's legislature
On what day?
Friday
What is the age for legal buying of tobacco before this bill came to be?
18
Who is the governor of Hawaii?
David Ige
In what year did he sign this bill into law?
2016
What month?
January
What position does Matthew Myers hold?
president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
What did Ige's spokeswoman tell CNN?
the governor would need some time to review the bill
Did she tell them this by a phone call?
no
Through what then?
email
How many premature deaths will this bill prevent according to one institute?
nearly a quarter-million
And how many deaths from a certain type of cancer?
50,000
What sort of cancer?
lung cancer
Among people born in what years?
between 2000 and 2019
Were e-cigarettes mentioned in regards to this bill?
no