April 22, 2019
Stateside: Raising age limit for tobacco
More and more cities are passing “Tobacco 21” laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing tobacco products.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has announced plans to introduce a bill that would raise the federal age limit for buying tobacco from 18 to 21. A University of Michigan study finds that doing so could prevent thousands of premature deaths in Michigan.
One of the researchers looking into what happens when a "Tobacco 21" law is passed is Holly Jarman, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She tells us how raising the age for tobacco purchases would impact public health in Michigan.
Follow this link to listen to the interview.
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