According to the CDC, smoking \"leads to disease and disability and harms nearly

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According to the CDC, smoking "leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body' and "costs the United States billions of dollars each year (CDC 2018) In response to these statistics and other research, states and cities across the United States are passing laws to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years of age to 21 Perform research on the short-term and long-term effects that tobacco products have on teenagers and adults, along with the impact smoking and tobacco related products have on the healthcare system. After your research, address the following questions in your post . Do you think more states and cities should adopt laws and policies to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 years of age to 21? . Do these laws infringe on civil liberties and individual personal freedom? What else could be done to help prevent teenagers and adults from smoking? Reference CDC. (2018) Smoking & Tobacco Use. Retrieved from Please make your initial post by midweek, and respond to at least one other student's post Need Help? Click here for complete discussion forum instructions https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_ sheets/fast_facts/index.htm by the end of the week. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates

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Short term effects of tobacco and smoking in adolescents :

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Minimum tobacco sales age to 21 is quickly emerging as a promising approach for reducing tobacco use among young people .By 2013 more than 100 U.S. cities and towns have passed lawsuit imposing 21 as the minimum age for getting access to tobacco products. It should be mandatory that all states should adopt laws and policies to raise the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 years because to prevent the mortality and morbidity of adolescents,to decrease the risks of cancer, to reduce the smoking related deaths , to increase the life span and improve the quality of life .Surveys have said that if the minimum age is increased to 21 prevent young people from ever starting to smoke and to reduce the deaths, disease and health care costs caused by tobacco use.(https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/sale-age-21)

Civil liberties are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government.Smoking is the leading cause of death which can be prevented.Smoking not only harm the person using but also affects the passive smokers too( i.e. person near the smokers)There is no constitutional right to smoke.

There are taxations ,tort liability tobacco suits, counselling ,guidance, food or drug labeling, and disclosure of health information and classes regarding harmful effects of tobacco and its products in school can help in preventing the teenagers and adults from smoking.

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