THE US state of New Jersey has banned the sale of tobacco products to anyone aged under 21, as part of ongoing efforts to "make the next generation tobacco free".
Similar "Tobacco 21" laws have already been enacted in Hawaii and California, as well as more than 250 individual US cities and counties.
Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, killing over 480,000 Americans and costing the nation about US$170 billion annually in health care bills.
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