Thursday, October 31, 2013

NYC moves closer to tobacco-buying age of 21

FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, law makers in New York City voted to raise the cigarette-buying age from 18 to 21. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Young New Yorkers who want to light up will soon have to wait for their 21st birthdays before they can buy a pack of smokes after lawmakers in the nation's most populous city voted overwhelmingly to raise the tobacco-purchasing age from 18 to 21.








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-moves-closer-tobacco-buying-age-21-062004504--finance.html

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