Tasmania could become the first state in Australia to raise smoking age to 21
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Smoking rates in the US town of Needham dropped by almost half when the legal age was increased to 21.
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Anti-smoking campaigners hope Tasmania could this year set off a chain of events that would see the legal smoking age increased to 21 across the country.
Key points:
A bill that would ban the sale of cigarettes in Tasmania to people aged under 21 will be re-introduced to Parliament this year
Tobacco 21 legislation was enacted across the United States in December 2019