Ka taƙaita labarin:  Dokar da za ta sa Hawaii ta zama jiha ta farko da ta ɗaga shekarun shan sigari zuwa 21 ta share majalisar dokoki a ranar Juma'a kuma tana kan hanyar zuwa ga gwamna. Dokar za ta hana matasa shan sigari, sayen ko mallakan sigari na gargajiya da na lantarki. Gwamna David Ige har yanzu bai yanke shawarar ko zai rattaba hannu kan kudirin ba kuma ya ce ba zai sake duba shi ba har sai ma'aikatansa sun tantance shi don duk wata matsala ta doka, kamar yadda lamarin yake da duk kudirin. 'Ma'aikatun za su yi nazarin su sannan kuma za mu sami damar duba shi,' in ji Ige. Jessica Yamauchi, darektan zartarwa na Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, ya kira dokar'mai ban mamaki'. Jessica Yamauchi, darektan zartarwa na Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, ya kira dokar da za ta iya ɗaga shekarun shan sigari na Hawaii zuwa 21'mai ban mamaki'. Kwanan nan majalisar dokokin jihar ta zartar da dokar. 'Yana da ban mamaki zama jihar farko a wani abu. Wannan abin farin ciki ne a gare mu.' Kudin ya hada da tarar dala 10 ga masu laifi na farko. Sauran keta doka zai haifar da tarar dala 50 ko aikin al'umma na wajibi. Gwamnatoci da yawa na gida suna da irin wannan haramcin, gami da County Hawaii da Birnin New York. In ji Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jihar, yara 5,600 a Hawaii suna gwada shan taba kowace shekara, kuma kashi 90 cikin ɗari na masu shan taba kullum sun soma wannan halin kafin su kai shekara 19. A halin yanzu, mutane 1,400 suna mutuwa daga shan taba ko kuma shan taba a Hawaii kowace shekara, in ji Kamfen don Yara da ba sa Shan Taba. 'A yau muna da damar da za mu canza tsarin,' in ji Sanata Rosalyn Baker na Democrat, wanda ya gabatar da lissafin. Sabon lissafin zai shafi sigari na gargajiya da sigari na lantarki (hoton fayil) An kiyasta cewa yawan shan sigari zai ragu da kashi 12 idan an ɗaga mafi ƙarancin shekarun shan sigari zuwa 21, a cewar wani rahoto na Cibiyar Magunguna, wanda wani bangare ne na National Academy of Sciences. Abubuwan da matasa suka fi so da ke amfani da sigari na lantarki su ne mai dadi mai dadi da kuma 'unicorn vomit, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin haɗuwa da kowane...
Gwamna David Ige ya ce bai yanke shawarar ko zai sanya hannu kan dokar ba tukuna. Bill yana da dala 10 na tara ga masu laifi na farko, yana ƙaruwa zuwa dala 50 ga masu laifi na gaba. Irin wannan haramcin ya wanzu a Hawaii County da New York City. Masu adawa da dokar sun ce ba daidai ba ne a ba mutane damar shiga soja amma a hana su shan sigari saboda shekarunsu.