{"id":1569,"date":"2013-10-30T17:42:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T21:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2013-10-30T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T21:42:19","slug":"just-in-nyc-council-approves-raising-age-for-tobacco-buys-to-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-in-nyc-council-approves-raising-age-for-tobacco-buys-to-18\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: NYC Council Approves Raising Age For Tobacco Buys To 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
The New York City Council passed a first-of-its-kind bill Wednesday that would raise minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to sign the measure. Officials previously shelved a plan Bloomberg unveiled with fanfare earlier this year: forcing stores to keep cigarettes out of public view until a customer asks for them.<\/p>\n
The city’s current age limit is 18, a federal minimum that’s standard in many places. Some states and communities have raised the age to 19. At least two towns, in Massachusetts, have agreed to raise it to 21.<\/p>\n
Advocates say higher age limits help prevent, or at least delay, young people from taking up a habit that remains the leading cause of preventable deaths nationwide. And supporters point to drinking-age laws as a precedent for setting the bar at 21.<\/p>\n
(AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The New York City Council passed a first-of-its-kind bill Wednesday that would raise minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to sign the measure. Officials previously shelved a plan Bloomberg unveiled with fanfare earlier this year: forcing stores to keep cigarettes out of public view until a customer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n