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� r, STATE AN D LOCAL TpgACCO GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING AG� ACTION TO PROTECT YOUTH. � • Several cities in Minnesota have raised the a e to 21. " O 9 • Five states and more than 290 localities in the � United States have raised the tobacco age to 21. • Needham, Massachusetts, found that smoking among YEAR� high-school students fell by nearly half after raising the age to 21.6 �. . �i�C.7Vi 1�� i� �t�lY F=��1M t-�p,�Zf�IS `i �-i�,. � � ADOLESCENT BRAIN . . . AND YET B1�= -�`�►�,�r��-� ��I! I `�'`..'� t-��'�-�-'�` -T"n Y�� {-�"� 1 • Nicotine is addictive, and adolescents are especially vulnerable I' to the health impacts of tobacco use.' ' The tobacco industry aggressively markets to youth and young adults to recruit replacement smokers and guarantee profits.8� Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation supports policies that reduce youth smoking and help end the death and disease associated with tobacco use, including raising the tobacco age to 21, limiting youth access to menthol-, candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco, keeping tobacco prices high and funding future tobacco prevention and cessation efforts. Find out more at www.smokefreegemm�.org. 1. A'ational Academy of Medicine.Public Health Implications of Raising the�finirnum Age of Legnl Access to Tobxcco Products.National Academy Press.2015. 2. Boyle,Raymond Tobacco 21:A Life-Saving Opportunity We Can't Atlord ro:�fiss.hlinnPost.2017. 3. �linnesota Deparlment of I lealth.Teens and'I'obacco in Minnesota:I Iighlights From ihe 2D17 Youth'I'obacco Survey.20IH. 4. U.S.Department of Hcal[h and Human Services.Resul[s From the 2010 Na[ional Survey on Drug Use and Health:Summary of National Findings.Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration-Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality.2014. S. King BA,et aL Attitudes trnvard raising the minunum age of sale for tobacco among U.S.adults.Am/Prev Med.2015. 6. Kessel Schneider S,et al.Community reductions in youth smoking aher raising the minunum tobacco sales age ro 21.Tob Control.2015. 7. U.S.Department of Health and Human Services.The Health Consequences of Smoking:50 Yeazs of Progress.A Report of the Surgeon General.U.S.Department of Health and i Iuman Services,Centers for Pisease ConVol and Prevention,National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and f Iealth Promotion,Office on Smoking and Health.2019. 8. King BA,et a1 Attitudes toward raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco among U.S.adults.Am J Prev Med 2015. 9. Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.Results oIMDM committee meeting-August 13,1985(SSOA13).https://wwwindustrydocumemslibruy.ucsf.edu/robacco/ do�.s/u id=rlfiv00R 2tr id=dfw00R25d00/pdE e. � MINNESOTANS FOR A .� SMOKE-FREE , GENERATION