New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday. This is the state's latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents.
Oct 30, 2013 City Council passes new smoking rules, raising minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 The measure awaits Mayor Bloomberg s signature to take effect.
Raising the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products to 21 is a promising strategy to reduce smoking and other tobacco use among youth and save lives.
- Oct 31, 2013 Buying cigarettes in New York City is about to become a lot harder for young people, as lawmakers on Wednesday adopted the strictest limits on tobacco.
- May 18, 2014 New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday. This is the state s latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents.
- Lifting the legal age for buying tobacco from 16 to 18 brings the law into line with rules on the sale of alcohol.
- May 18, 2014 Around the Web. New York increases minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21. NY Senate Debating Public Ban On E-Cigarettes. Users upset over e-cigarette.