Concern is growing over Minnesota youth using nicotine-bearing tobacco products that damage their health and brain development.

A campaign is underway by Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation to encourage the Minnesota Legislature to increase the tobacco-purchasing age to 21 years. A bill introduced in the last legislative session did not get a hearing. The coalition has secured sponsors in the Senate and hopes to secure House backers in the 2018 session.

  

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