Raising the tobacco purchase age to 21 can be an important step in reducing smoking rates and improving the health of people in Portland…
Why Portland should set the tobacco purchase age at 21 – Bangor Daily News

Raising the tobacco purchase age to 21 can be an important step in reducing smoking rates and improving the health of people in Portland…
Scientists believe wholeheartedly that restricting access to cigarettes to people under the age of 21 could drastically reduce the number of smoking related deaths over a generation…
Youth under 18 are able to acquire tobacco due to their 18-year-old classmates or friends, a fact that would soon change if the legal age to purchase tobacco increased to 21…
Governments should feel obligated to help young people, realizing that the addictive power of tobacco products is greater on teenage brains…
If we can discourage even a handful to not pick up this horrible addiction that will cripple their lives, I think is worth it because it’s the right thing to do…