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IS YOUTH TOBACCO USE STILL A PROBLEM? <br />The percent of students who smoke cigarettes is declining, but the 2016 <br />Minnesota Student Survey found that 9th and 11th graders in Minnesota are <br />now using e -cigarettes at twice the rate of regular cigarettes.10 Increasing <br />the sale age to 21 would reduce youth access to all harmful tobacco <br />products, including e -cigarettes, cigars and hookah. <br />WHAT CAN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO? <br />Twelve states have raised the age to 21 since 2016: California, Hawaii, New <br />Jersey, Maine, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Utah, Arkansas, Illinois, <br />Washington and Delaware. Needham, Mass., raised the legal tobacco <br />sales age to 21 in 2005. Within five years, tobacco use among high school <br />students decreased by nearly half." In Minnesota, 31 communities have <br />raised the age to 21, joining more than 450 communties nationwide. <br />MINNESOTA'S 31 TOBACCO 21 COMMUNITIES <br />�� � F'Al <br />11 <br />:�►,I�i <br />The Association for Nonsmokers -Minnesota is <br />dedicated to reducing the human and economic costs <br />of tobacco use in Minnesota. <br />2395 University Avenue W, Suite 310 <br />St. Paul, MN 55114 <br />651-646-3005 1 www.ansrmn.org <br />Sources may be found at www.ansrmn.org <br />North Oaks <br />Arden Hills <br />Bloomington <br />