Three quarters of adults favor raising the minimum tobacco age of sale to 21 years, including seven in ten smokers. Raising the minimum age of sale, along with proven tobacco control strategies, could prevent youth tobacco use…
Because the brain does not reach full maturity until the 20s, restricting sales of electronic cigarettes and all tobacco products to individuals aged at least 21 years and older could provide positive health benefits…
Given the status quo projections, this translates to approximately 249,000 fewer premature deaths, 45,000 fewer deaths from lung cancer, and 4.2 million fewer YLL…
Similarly, 69% of the respondents also favored changing the legal age for tobacco purchases to 21, with 54% strongly in favor of such an increase…
Of these 3,245 adults, 70.5% supported the Tobacco 21 initiative. The majority of adults regardless of smoking status, geographic region, race, sex, education, and age – including adults under 21 – support raising the sales age to 21…