TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - Florida could soon become the eighth state in the country to raise the legal age for smoking from 18 to 21. The restriction would also apply to vaping products. Fewer than one in 20 teens smoked a traditional cigarette in 2017, but nearly 15 percent said they used an e-cigarette. Thirteen-year-old McKenzie Faust, who was touring the Capitol for Kids Day, isn’t one of them. “You should wait or not do it ever," said Faust. State Senator David Simmons says one way to keep kids like McKenzie from picking up the habit is to raise the legal age from 18 to 21 for both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. “The ability to abuse young people, even if they are eightee... [Read more]