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Bill Seeks To Raise Tobacco Purchasing Age To 21
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 5:52 AM Updated: Feb 15, 2012 6:16 AM
posted by: Kevin King – email
Tulsa –
A House committee has approved a bill that would gradually increase the
legal age to purchase tobacco in Oklahoma from 18 to 21.
House Bill 2314 would increase the age from 18 to 19 next year, to 20 in
2014 and 21 in 2015. The bill was authored by Representative Ann Coody of
Lawton, who says it would make Oklahoma the first state to increase the
age to 21.
“The younger someone starts smoking, the harder it is to break the
addiction later in life,” said Coody. “By raising the age restriction on
tobacco purchases, we can deter many young people from ever starting this
bad habit and save them years of health complications.”