No idea what the details of #1 are since I now live in WA, but as someone whose parents ran a store that sold liquor growing up, I see no problem with teens having to verify ages. It's pretty condescending of that ad to imply a 16 or 18 year old couldn't handle checking an ID.

The law as I recall it was that you couldn't sell booze until you were 18, but it there was no age floor on cigarette sales (I sold ciggies all the time as a kid when I would watch the store for my parents).

(again, forgive me if I've missed the point of your post, since I'm uninformed and too busy to take time to read up :)