Health Desk- 21 Dec, 2019: The US Congress voted Thursday to
raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 across the
country, a move intended to stem the rising tide of youth vaping, reports
AFP.
Passed by the Senate as part of a wider budgetary bill, it
will take effect next year and will mean that tobacco and e-cigarettes will
join alcohol as substances that are prohibited to purchase for those under the
age of 21.
Nineteen of the country’s 50 states and the capital
Washington, DC had already set 21 as the minimum age. “I’m proud the Senate
approved legislation today including our Tobacco-Free Youth Act to help address
this urgent crisis and keep these dangerous products away from our children,”
said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, who co-sponsored the
bill along with Democratic Senator Tim Kaine.
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