Here We Go: NYC Plans to Raise Smoking Age to 21

Alternate headline: Long Island, Upstate, and New Jersey to Get Huge Boost in Customers

As much as I personally don't like smoking, the nanny state seems to think that restrictions don't go far enough. They're planning a shift to age 21 in order to buy cigarettes, which will probably turn the worldview of a lot of hipsters on its head.

The new proposal would make the age for buying cigarettes the same as for buying liquor. It was not immediately clear whether Dr. Farley’s proposal would make it illegal for people under 21 to possess cigarettes, as well as to buy them.

Surveys suggest youth smoking has been declining in New York City, perhaps, some analysts say, because young people have been influenced by the public health campaigns and never taken it up to begin with.

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