{"id":17793,"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cadca1stg.wpengine.com\/resource\/american-adults-support-age-21-or-older-law-to-purchase-tobacco-products\/"},"modified":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"american-adults-support-age-21-or-older-law-to-purchase-tobacco-products","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.cadca.org\/es\/resource\/american-adults-support-age-21-or-older-law-to-purchase-tobacco-products\/","title":{"rendered":"American Adults Support Age 21 or Older Law to Purchase Tobacco Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three out of 4 American adults\u2014including 7 in 10 cigarette smokers\u2014favor raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco products to 21, according to an article by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/em> esta semana.<\/p>\n

In most states, the minimum age of sale for tobacco is 18. But, in Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah, the minimum age of sale is 19. Hawaii just passed a law prohibiting sales of tobacco products to people younger than 21. Additionally, several cities and counties across the U.S. have adopted laws raising the minimum age to 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaising the minimum age of sale to 21 could benefit the health of Americans in several ways,\u201d said Brian King, Ph.D., acting Deputy Director for Research Translation in CDC\u2019s Office on Smoking and Health, in a news release. \u201cIt could delay the age of first experimenting with tobacco, reducing the likelihood of transitioning to regular use and increasing the likelihood that those who do become regular users can quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data for the study, \u201cAttitudes toward Raising the Minimum Age of Sale for Tobacco among U.S. Adults,\u201d originated from an online survey of U.S. adults aged 18 and older.<\/p>\n

According to the 2014 Surgeon General Report, the tobacco industry aggressively markets and promotes its products and continues to recruit youth and young adults as new consumers. People who begin smoking at a young age are more likely to become addicted, to progress to daily use, to smoke more as they grow into adulthood, and to have trouble quitting<\/p>\n

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health this week published two other tobacco-related articles in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine:<\/p>\n