State and local leaders are hoping to resolve a loophole affecting tobacco sales in Wisconsin.
Federal law doesn’t allow people under 21 to purchase tobacco and nicotine products, but state law says anyone over 18 can buy the products. In Milwaukee, Alderman Peter Burgelis has tried to change the local ordinance, but learned that nothing can change unless the law is changed at the state level. More than half of the city’s common councilmembers have signed a letter advocating for a bill to close the loophole.
