Lawmakers and health advocates who were in favor of this bill see it as the right move in preventing minors from developing smoking habits and using tobacco products.
“Increasing the age of sale for tobacco products to 21 will help counter the tobacco industry’s relentless efforts to target youth at a time when many move from experimenting with tobacco to regular smoking,” said George Philippides, chief of cardiology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, in a statement distributed by the American Heart Association.
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