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Fines for Selling Cigarettes to Minors as Low as $10
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 20th, 1995
A report on the 1,238 laws was released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which now wants to examine how those laws discourage or promote smoking. It comes amid efforts by the Clinton administration and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to curb teen-age smoking by restricting tobacco.
All states forbid the sale or distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people under age 18, and 32 states prohibit minors from even using tobacco. Yet about three...
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