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The Utah House moved Tuesday to clear up a murky law about whether children are allowed in specialty smoke shops.

It voted 73-0 to advance to the Senate HB131, to prohibit people under age 19 — the legal age to smoke in Utah — in smoke shops.

Its sponsor, Rep. Kraig Powell, R-Heber City, said current law was not clear, even though he said that had been the intent of previous legislation.

It now bans youth, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, in any store that makes 80 percent of its money from the sale of tobacco products.

— Lee Davidson