St. Louis Acts to Protect Kids, Save Lives by Raising Tobacco Age to 21 – Tobacco Free Kids

Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:06 am.

St. Louis is providing strong leadership in the fight against tobacco – the No. 1 cause of preventable death – and setting a terrific example…

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Tobacco21

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Through comprehensive evaluations of 33 statewide Tobacco 21 laws, the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation concluded there is much more to be done to protect kids from the harms of tobacco use and nicotine addiction. See how your state stacks up at tobacco21.org/state-grades/ ... See MoreSee Less

Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation Evaluates Statewide Tobacco 21 Laws

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Finds That Most States Lack Adequate Enforcement

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Tobacco21

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"One would think the kids there would just get on their bicycles and go to a nearby town and buy their smokes but that's not what happened," said PTAF regional director Shannon Quinby.
"The opposite happened. Over a period of two or three years, smoking rates went down dramatically."

Ms Quinby said Tasmania, being an island, was even better positioned for T21 than landlocked Needham.

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Renewed push to increase legal smoking age to 21 in Tasmania

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A year after new age-restrictive laws were rolled out across the United States, a bid to bump up the legal smoking age is heading back to Tasmania, with the hope it will one day be rolled out across the country.