The Food and Drug Administration has officially raised the legal age of purchase for all tobacco products from 18 to 21. The new regulation was part of a spending package President Trump signed Dec. 20.
Host Peter O’Dowd talks to Jeffrey Hardesty of Johns Hopkins University about the change and why Big Tobacco is supporting it.
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