Senate leader McConnell calls for raising minimum age to buy tobacco products
Written by Fox News on April 18, 2019
A man smokes at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware U.S., June 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela
April 18, 2019
(Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 from 18.
McConnell said https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=C7912202-0742-4404-8775-8836F261DDEF the bill, which will be introduced in May, will cover all tobacco products including vaping devices.
Shares of Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc fell 3 percent on the news. Philip Morris International and U.S-listed shares of British American Tobacco were also trading lower.
(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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