tobacco 21 - Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project

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EVEN THE TOBACCO. INDUSTRY AGREES. Raising the legal minimum age for cigarette purchase to. 21 could gut our key young a
TOBACCO 21 Tobacco 21 calls for policy change to raise the age to legally purchase tobacco and nicotine products from 18 to 21. Go to TRUinPA.org for more info.

THE YOUNGER SMOKERS are when they start, the more likely they are to become addicted to nicotine. – U.S. Health and Human Services

244,000 KIDS

in Pennsylvania will ultimately die prematurely from smoking if something doesn’t change.

NEARLY

90%

of cigarette smokers try their first cigarette before age 18. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

E-CIGARETTE USE INCREASED

900%

– Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

– U.S. Health and Human Services

32.3%

Pennsylvania spends

$6,383,194,368

among high school students from 2011 to 2015.

on healthcare costs due to smoking.

of Pennsylvania high school students use tobacco or nicotine products.

- State of Tobacco Control, 2018

- State of Tobacco Control, 2018

EVEN THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AGREES

#UpTheAgePA

Raising the legal minimum age for cigarette purchase to 21 could gut our key young adult market…

Raising the minimum legal age of tobacco product sales to 21 will reduce tobacco use initiation by 25% in youth ages 15-17.

– Phillip Morris report, 1986

– National Academy of Medicine