A poll conducted for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network by Public Opinion Strategies earlier this year found that 85 percent of Ohioans strongly support the indoor smoking ban law, up from 73 percent support in 2011, and 70 percent of Ohio voters favor taxing other tobacco products, such as cigars and chewing tobacco, at the same rate as cigarettes.

Research shows people who don’t pick up smoking as a youth are far less likely to ever smoke. Raising the tobacco purchase age to 21 puts legal purchasers outside of the social circle of most high school students, according to Tobacco21.org.

California and Hawaii as well as 212 cities and counties across the country have Tobacco 21 laws.

Handgun sales, alcohol purchases and casino gambling are generally restricted to ages 21 and up.