Hawaii is first state to raise smoking age to 21

Hawaii is raising the legal smoking age to 21 for traditional and electronic cigarettes on Jan. 1, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. Public health officials are hoping that by making it more difficult for young people to get their hands on cigarettes, they will keep them from developing an unhealthy addiction. "In Hawaii, about one in four students in high school try their first cigarette each year, and one in three who get hooked will die prematurely,"...
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