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Smoking Age May Be Upped to Nineteen

April 15, 2009 5:13 pm by: KUT Staff

A bill to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes won approval Wednesday in the Texas Senate.

Advocates say the bill would help keep cigarettes away from High School students.

The legislation now moves to the Texas House for consideration.

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