Roll-your-own and smokeless tobacco are taxed at 55 cents per ounce on all fractional parts of an ounce.6,7 Clean indoor air ordinances Smoking is prohibited in government workplaces, private workplaces, schools, childcare facilities, retail stores and recreational/cultural facilities.6,7 Smoking restrictions are required in restaurants and casinos/gaming establishments (tribal establishments are exempt).6,7 There are no smoking restrictions for bars.6,7 E-cigarettes are prohibited in schools, on school vehicles and on school property owned or leased or under the control of a school district.9 Licensing laws Retailers and wholesalers are required to obtain a license to sell tobacco products.6 Retailers and wholesalers are required to obtain a license to sell e-cigarette products.9 Youth access laws Effective December 2019, the United States adopted a law raising the federal minimum age of sale of all tobacco products to 21

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Throughout the colonial period commercial production of tobacco had centered in Northern port cities, but by the antebellum period, as a result of a surplus of slave labor and the great supply of raw material, commercial manufacturing shifted to the tobacco-growing regions in the South