New Tobacco 21 law gets rid of penalties for underage possession
Illinois became the first state in the Midwest to raise the age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21.“It’s nice for the region,” Skyler Taylor said. “Illinois is kind of pioneering this movement for the Midwest.” Taylor is the vice chair of Central Illinois’ American Cancer Society Board and he just lost his grandmother to lung cancer. “The last few years of my grandmother’s life were not the best years of her life,” Taylor said. “Her life was cut short by about 10-15 years.”
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