Ridiculous: Bill would raise age for legal tobacco purchases to 21 in RI

Doctors and public health organizations told lawmakers Wednesday that making the state the first in the nation to raise the age for legal tobacco purchases to 21 would help prevent death and disease, while convenience store owners urged them not to hurt their businesses.

Lawmakers considered Democratic Rep. Teresa Tanzi's bill to raise the age from 18 at a House committee hearing. Tanzi said making it harder for young people to get cigarettes could prevent them from starting to smoke, and have tremendous health implications statewide.

Karina Holyoak Wood, policy director for the American Lung Association in Rhode Island, said Tanzi's proposal is "free, easy and effective."

"It's an emerging public health measure, but we consider it a promising practice," she said. "We don't think there's anything to lose."

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Ridiculous: Bill would raise age for legal tobacco purchases to 21 in RI

Ridiculous: Bill would raise age for legal tobacco purchases to 21 in RI

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