May 18, 2014 Around the Web. New York increases minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21. NY Senate Debating Public Ban On E-Cigarettes. Users upset over e-cigarette.
Raising the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products to 21 is a promising strategy to reduce smoking and other tobacco use among youth and save lives.
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Lifting the legal age for buying tobacco from 16 to 18 brings the law into line with rules on the sale of alcohol.
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The minimum legal age to purchase or smoke cigarettes or tobacco products varies from country to country. Most countries do not have a minimum age to smoke in public. To lower the rate of youth tobacco usage, the current trend is jurisdictions increasing the minimum age.
Oct 30, 2013 NYC raises tobacco-buying age to 21. The bill affects cigarettes, certain tobacco products and electronic-vapor products. Post to Facebook.
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