Hawaii has passed a bill to make it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to smoke, making it the first state to do so.

The new law applies to both the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes and will come into force in January 2016.

Under the new legislation, anyone under the age of 21 who is found to be smoking will be fined $10 by police for a first offense and $50 for any subsequent occurances.

Shops which sell tobacco products to under 21s will now be fined $500.

Lola Irvin, the administrator of the chronic disease prevention and health prevention division of the state Department of Health, told Hawaii News Now: “Most people who begin smoking, about 99 percent, start before age 21, so this will help our young people delay starting tobacco use.”