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Time to Raise SD Tobacco Sales Age
... smokers in South Dakota every year. That means every day tobacco finds its way to children in our state. Every day, a child starts a lifetime of deadly addiction that increases their risk for cancer, heart disease, a host of debilitating conditions and early death. It also means the age of tobacco sale currently on the books is not doing the job to keep this ... started smoking before the age of 21. At the current rate, 21,000 S.D. kids alive today will die prematurely from tobacco-related illnesses. We can do better. S.D. lawmakers can help reverse these dire statistics by passing a bill to raise the state’s legal sales age for all tobacco ...
Comprehensive Action Needed to Put Kids Over Tobacco Interests
Pierre, S.D. – Data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey show youth use of e-cigarettes in high schools has skyrocketed, with a 135% increase over the past two years. Survey results also show that 27.5% of high school students used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days. Nearly 64% used mint or menthol flavored e-cigarettes, only 2% less than fruit ... more than candy flavors. As lawmakers return for another legislative session, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) supports efforts to effectively address the e-cigarette epidemic that is affecting the state’s youth. In order to enhance recent federal ...