No better time than now for tobacco users under the age of 21 to just call it quits. As of December 20, cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, and vaping products are off limits to them.
State health officials said that tobacco product retailers in Montana should comply with a new federal law and Federal compliance checks will occur. “DPHHS strongly supports this new law, which is grounded in public health research and will protect young adults from a lifetime of addiction to nicotine,” DPHHS Director Sheila Hogan said.
Hogan noted that nearly 95% of people who smoke cigarettes started before they turned 21. Increasing the minimum age of sale from 18 to 21 is an effort to reduce tobacco use by delaying the age of initiation.
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