Many establishments with exceptions are in smaller buildings on tight lots that prevent them from expanding food sales to offset a loss of smoking customers, Cusat said

Minors are prohibited from buying alternative nicotine products, including e-cigarettes.6 Establishments are required to post signs stating that sales to minors are prohibited.6 Local tobacco laws Kirby, Leon Valley and San Antonio have banned the sale of tobacco products to those under 21.10 Quitting statistics and benefits Quitting statistics in Texas The CDC estimates 57.4% of daily adult smokers in Texas quit smoking for one or more days in 2017.3 In 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that Medicaid programs cover all tobacco cessation medications.7** Texass state quit line invests 60 cents per smoker, compared to the national average of $2.21.7 Texas does not have a private insurance mandate provision for cessation.7 Notes and references Updated April 2019 *National and state-level prevalence numbers reflect the most recent data available
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, 2025
Read: Quitting smoking may help you gain friends What the damage actually looks like Here's what an X-ray of a normal, healthy lung looks like (left) and one of a lung damaged by smoking (right)
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