By adamg on Thu., 12/17/2015 - 8:45 pm
The Boston Board of Health voted today to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco in the city from 18 to 21. That includes e-cigarettes.
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Not familiar with the studies
By anon
Fri, 12/18/2015 - 11:57pm
Not familiar with the studies about the teenage brain and decision making related to driving while drunk? Google it.
Prior art
By anon
Fri, 12/18/2015 - 1:42pm
Alabama raised the age to purchase to 19 in 2003.
Alaska raised the age to purchase to 19 in 1988.
Hawai'i raised the age to purchase to 21, effective Jan 1 2016.
New Jersey raised the age to purchase to 19 in 2005.
New York City raised the age to purchase to 21 in 2014.
Suffolk Co New York raised the age to purchase to 21 (in 2014?).
Nassau Co New York raised the age to purchase to 19 in 2005.
Cleveland Ohio raised the age to purchase to 21 in 2015.
Utah raised the age to purchase to 19 in (?).
Approximately 80 cities and towns in Massachusetts have raised the age to purchase to 21.
What I find baffling is how
By anon
Fri, 12/18/2015 - 4:47pm
What I find baffling is how 18 year olds can afford a smoking habit. I had a hard enough time paying for gas and insurance for my crappy old car that I needed to get to my barely better than minimum wage job while going to school. (I grew up in a small NH suburb without public transportation and I had to drive a few towns over to a bigger town for a job that I worked the closing shift and would often get home at 2AM, so no I couldn't ride a bike to and from work.)
I see so many college age students in Boston walking around with a ciggie
hanging out of their mouth. It looks filthy and they look like idiots. They think it's cool, but they'll regret it once their older and get premature aging skin and health scares. Immaturity leads people to do dumb things... sadly.
Time will tell if raising the minimum age to 21 will have positive results.
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