If you know a certain product has the ability to stunt your growth, cause cancer or even kill you, would you use it? The likely answer is no…
What If We Raised the Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco? – Huffington Post
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Letter: Raising age to buy tobacco pays off – South Coast Today
Experts at the IOM concluded that increasing the minimum legal access age from 18 to 21 will have a positive impact on reducing youth initiation of tobacco use…
Letter: Increasing the Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco – iBerkshires
We can add another evidence-based strategy to the toolbox of strategies cities and towns in Massachusetts can use to prevent youth from becoming addicted to nicotine…
Raising the minimum buying age for tobacco could mean fewer people start to smoke – Medical Xpress
In 2005, the Boston suburb of Needham tried a new tactic to reduce youth tobacco use: the town raised the legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. The results were dramatic…
Editorial — Raise smoking age to 21 to save lives – Sammamish Review
Tobacco addiction is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Washington, causing about 8,300 residents to die each year. Annual health costs now surpass $2.8 billion…