Reuters: U.S.: New York City aims to ban cigarette sales for under age 21

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New York City aims to ban cigarette sales for under age 21 Apr 22nd 2013, 14:25 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News N.Y. politicians arrested in alleged mayoral race bribe scheme Tue, Apr 2 2013 New York City marks 10th anniversary of smoking ban Thu, Mar 28 2013 Analysis & Opinion Can our mayoral candidates tackle the most urgent city issues? Cigarettes are displayed behind the counter of a store in New York, March 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:25am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City, home to bans on trans fats and salt, is taking a step toward outlawing sales of cigarettes to anyone under age 21. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, running to replace health conscious Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is due on Monday to announce legislation to increase the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21 from 18, the current limit. On nearby Long Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties have boosted their legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products to 19. (Reporting by Edith Honan; Additional reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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