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are when they start, the more likely they are to become addicted to nicotine.
– U.S. Health and Human Services
of cigarette smokers try theirfirst cigarette before age 18.
– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
244,000 KIDSin Pennsylvania will ultimately die prematurely from smoking if something doesn’t change.
– Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
NEARLY
EVEN THE TOBACCOINDUSTRY AGREES Raising the legal minimum age for cigarette purchase to 21 could gut our key young adult market…
– Phillip Morris report, 1986
90%THE YOUNGER SMOKERS
– U.S. Health and Human Services
Raising the minimum legal age of tobacco product sales to 21 will reduce tobacco use initiation by 25% in youth ages 15-17.
– National Academy of Medicine
#UpTheAgePA
E-CIGARETTE USE INCREASEDamong high school students from 2011 to 2015.
of Pennsylvania high school students use tobacco or nicotine products.
- State of Tobacco Control, 2018
900%
32.3%Pennsylvania spends
- State of Tobacco Control, 2018
$6,383,194,368on healthcare costs due to smoking.
Tobacco 21 calls for policy change to raise the age to legally purchase tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21. Go to UpTheAge.com for more info.