Raising tobacco age to 21 is best way to prevent lifelong addiction

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

Raising the national minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 would save lives by preventing adolescents from ever taking up smoking, a new report suggests. The minimum age to buy tobacco products in most of the country is 18. In their analysis, Ohio State University public health experts detail how raising the minimum tobacco sales age […]

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