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Related: About this forumMayor Signs Bill Raising Tobacco Buying Age To 21
NY1NEWS
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday signed a bill making New York the first major city to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.
It also applies to electronic cigarettes.
People under 21 can still possess tobacco under the new law.
But city health officials hope this becomes a major roadblock for young adults who are thinking about taking up smoking.
http://www.ny1.com/content/politics/political_news/198972/mayor-signs-bill-raising-tobacco-buying-age-to-21
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Mayor Signs Bill Raising Tobacco Buying Age To 21 (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Nov 2013
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CFLDem
(2,083 posts)1. Meanwhile stores in NJ brace
for windfall profits!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. Time will tell.
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)3. Don't need a psychic to forecast human nature.
Nothing energizes the human spirit like prohibition. We didn't get kicked out of the garden for submissiveness.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. My issue with this is if you can ask an 18 year old to give his or her life for their country
how do you pass this law.
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)5. Same here.
The hypocrisy... It hurts!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)6. I understand wanting to stop kids from doing it but when you reach 18 I think you can make this
choice.
