New York votes to make tobacco-buying age 21

The New York City Council has voted overwhelmingly to raise the age for purchasing cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move that would make the nation’s most populous city among only a handful in the United States to target young smokers by barring them from buying smokes. It also approved a bill that sets a minimum $10.50-a-pack (U.S.) price for tobacco cigarettes and steps up law enforcement on illegal tobacco sales. Read more here.