City Council OKs some teens selling tobacco in Wichita; anti-smoking group approves

Starting soon, it will be legal for some Wichita teenagers to sell smokes, although they won’t be allowed to light up themselves until they’re 21. On a 6-0 vote, with council member Jeff Blubaugh absent, the City Council Tuesday carved out an exemption in the city’s tobacco control ordinance to allow 18, 19 and 20-year-olds to sell tobacco and vaping products over the counter at local stores. The vote partially reverses a change made last June when the city raised the age for purchase and possession of tobacco from 18 to 21, in keeping with federal law.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle