http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/helena-west-helena-city-council-votes-to-raise-tobacco-sale-age
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – The Helena-West Helena City Council voted to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in city limits from 18 to 21 on Tuesday evening.
The ordinance also includes e-cigarettes, officials said.
The council approved raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco unanimously, and the new law takes effect on September 1.
A 2015 report from the Institute of Medicine predicted that raising the tobacco sale age to 21 nationally would eventually reduce the smoking rate by 12 percent and reduce smoking-related deaths by 10 percent.
Helena-West Helena now joins 135 localities in nine states to raise the minimum age for tobacco sales, along with Hawaii and California.