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New York City Council has voted to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21.
New York will now become by far the most populous place in the US to impose such a high age limit, the Associated Press reports.
The new age limit includes electronic vapour cigarettes.
Across the US there is a minimum age for smoking of 18. Some states have raised the limit to 19 and at least two other towns have raised it to 21.
The bill's sponsor, City Councilman James Gennaro, said it would "literally save many, many lives".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24752995
New York will now become by far the most populous place in the US to impose such a high age limit, the Associated Press reports.
The new age limit includes electronic vapour cigarettes.
Across the US there is a minimum age for smoking of 18. Some states have raised the limit to 19 and at least two other towns have raised it to 21.
The bill's sponsor, City Councilman James Gennaro, said it would "literally save many, many lives".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24752995