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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

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Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

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[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In Washington State, it's recently illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under 21. Placing it on the same level as alcohol or weed.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shit really? I somehow completely missed this one when did this happen?

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago

It was 2020. It's honestly been interesting to see. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31348515/ is a study from before 2020 stating that 4% less of 18-20 year olds smoked when the age limit is increased to 21. I couldn't find any specifics on Washington state though.