"We believe states and localities should defer to this process and allow Congress the opportunity to think through this issue further before enacting different minimum-age laws." Thomas Glynn, who reviewed the report for the Institute of Medicine, called the report a "monument to good science" and a "contribution to the health of every citizen in the U.S." Glynn, a consulting professor at the Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University's School of Medicine, says he was initially skeptical of the idea of raising the legal age to buy tobacco to 21
And, who knows, perhaps by refraining from discarding a single butt today, we can save a tree tomorrow that will provide a breath of fresh air for future generations
Raising the age is seen as crucial in eradicating smoking by 2030 and while smoking rates have been falling since the 1970s, there are still almost six million smokers in England - and seven million across the UK
Tap the top of the cigarette with your index finger to jar the ash loose from the end and drop it into an ashtray
The tobacco industry then went on merchandising cigarettes with renewed vigor