New Push in Arkansas to Raise the Age to Buy Tobacco

Arkansas State Harrison - According to statistics, Arkansas State is one of the highest high school and adult smoking rates in the country.

"According to the survey, about 76% of Arkansas state supports this age," said Patrick Hunter of Boon County Drug Abuse Prevention Alliance, which supports this initiative. According to statistics, 90% of adult smokers are between 18 and 21 years old.

"Overall, I think this is a nationwide statistic, if we can raise this age from 18 to 21, we can lower the overall smoking rate by 12%, which is through medicine. "Hunt said.

Daniel Dillard of North Arkansas Health Education Partnership says, "These are high school graduates, I am familiar with being 18, I see they are using this situation for my colleagues."

"I think it should be promoted to 21 years old ... except for the people of the military. They can die for our country and for all the countries ... I think they should be able to do this "Clarence Teezling said.

"There are children still going out to play today, there is nothing else to ask me whether I am there, as the age of cigarettes goes up, such pirates will not be born."

The supporters of 21 cigarettes read the legislation proposed before Harrison City Council next Thursday.

That is why the new policy advice of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is essential to protect young people from the fatal effects of tobacco. These recommendations strongly recommend that the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products (including electronic cigarettes) be 21 nationwide - comparable to alcohol. As I learned from work in Massachusetts, you can reduce the use of tobacco by teenagers and young people by increasing sales at the critical moment that the tobacco industry is seriously targeting.

In 2014, New York City increased the purchase age of cigarettes from 18 years old to 21 years old. Berkeley, Healdsburg and Santa Clara County recently raised the purchase age of tobacco to 21 years old. The State of Hawaii became the first state to raise the age of purchase of cigarettes to 21 years old. The bill to raise the age of purchasing tobacco in California in the summer of 2015 was stagnant this year's parliament

Press Release: The Supervisory Board unanimously passed over the oversight of Wiener's bill to raise the age of purchasing tobacco in San Francisco to 21 years.

New York City In August 2014, New York City implemented a policy to raise tobacco sales age to 21 and to reduce cheap tobacco sources. The reduction in smoking is not entirely attributable to Tobacco 21 Act, but the preliminary findings suggest that the law can help reduce youth tobacco use. As measures, there are tobacco cost increases and restrictions on selling flavorful tobacco products. In addition, in July 2016, Chicago implemented a policy to raise the age of sales of tobacco to 21 years old. The data shows that Chicago's comprehensive approach is to reduce smoking. • Based on data from the Youth Risk Action Survey, only 6% of high school students in Chicago are reported.

"Raising the statutory minimum age of cigarette buyers to 21 will eliminate our important young adult market (17 to 20 years old), sell about 25 billion cigarettes and enjoy a market share of 70% You can do it. "1