,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bj1      
#bjai,mr4 ,mc,connell 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,kaine7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to increase the minimum age for
 sale of tobacco products to #ba4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,tobacco-,free ,youth ,act4  #b4    
,minimum age of sale of tobacco products
  7a7 ,establishing minimum age of #ba  
for sale of tobacco products ,section   
#aibf of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#bf7 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in the section heading1  
by striking age of #ah and inserting age
 of #ba2  7#b7 by striking age of #ah   
each place such phrase appears and      
inserting age of #ba2  7#c7 in          
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71
 by striking fiscal year #aiid and      
inserting fiscal year #bjba2 and  7,b7  

in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by striking     
fiscal year #aiic and inserting fiscal  
year #bjbj2  7ii7 by striking fiscal    
year #aiid and inserting fiscal year    
#bjba2 and  7iii7 by striking fiscal    
year #aiie and inserting fiscal year    
#bjbb2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7d7--    
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking     
#aiie and inserting #bjbb2  7,b7 in     
paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by striking #aiid  
and inserting #bjba2 and  7ii7 by       
striking the period and inserting 2 and2
  7,c7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 
and 7#b7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71
 respectively1 and adjusting the margins
 accordingly2  7,d7 by striking this    
section1 the term and inserting 8this   
section--  7#a7 the term  2 and  7,e7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7#b7 
the term tobacco product has the meaning
 given such term in section #bja7rr7 of 
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act4  4  7b7 ,,fda  7#a7 ,in general  
,section #ijf7;d7 of the ,federal ,food1
 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba         

,u4,s4,c4 #chg;f7d77 is amended-- 7,a7  
in paragraph 7#c77;,a77ii71 by striking 
#ah years and inserting #ba years2 and  
7,b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#e7 ,minimum age of sale ,it shall be
 unlawful for any retailer to sell a    
tobacco product to any person younger   
than #ba years of age1 consistent with  
section #aadj4ad of title #ba1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations 7or any successor 
regulations74  4  7#b7 ,regulations ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
update regulations issued under chapter 
,,ix of the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and  
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #chg et   
seq47 as appropriate to carry out the   
amendments made by paragraph 7#a74  7c7 
,non-,preemption ,nothing in the        
amendments made by subsection 7a7 or 7b7
 shall be construed to prevent a ,state 
or local governmental entity from       
establishing1 enforcing1 or maintaining 
a law with respect to sales of tobacco  

products to individuals below a minimum 
age1 provided that such ,state or local 
law is in addition to1 or more stringent
 than1 ,federal law4