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Raising Legal Age for Smoking Would Keep Teens from Smoking; Call for Tobacco-Free World by 2040
Sunday, March 15, 2015 11:35
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Raising the legal age for sale of tobacco would keep teens from smoking, panel says. Raising the age to 21 would have the greatest impact, according to the Institute of Medicine.
Experts call for a tobacco-free world by 2040. A world virtually free of tobacco and its devastating health consequences could be a reality within 30 years if governments showed political will and took stronger action against cigarette companies, health experts said on Friday.
