Why Maine should follow Portland’s lead and raise tobacco purchase age – Bangor Daily News

Posted on June 24, 2016 at 6:49 pm.

Portland city councilors on Monday unanimously agreed to raise the city’s tobacco purchase age to 21. This is a smart move that should prompt state lawmakers to take similar action…

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4 weeks ago

"In a letter to the FDA, Attorney General Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 23 attorneys general argue that such a prohibition would save thousands of lives and should be implemented immediately. Despite the overall decline in non-menthol smoking, the prevalence of menthol smoking has remained constant in recent years and disproportionately impacts youth and communities of color."

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NC attorney general calls on FDA to ban menthol cigarettes

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein released a statement on Friday, calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes. The full statement …

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1 month ago

"Right now, our tobacco taxes don't do that," said Dr. Rob Crane, president of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation.
As for illegal sales to teens and enforcement of the 21 or older law, he said: "Ohio fails our kids. Our underage sales numbers are sickening."

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Lung association says Ohio is failing to curb tobacco use

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The American Lung Association gave Ohio mostly failing grades for its attempts to curb tobacco use, including not taxing cigarettes high enough