9 A smoking quandary.

PositionSTATELINE - Legal age to buy cigarettes in TX - Brief article

Young smokers in Texas got a reprieve when Senator Carlos Uresti (D) asked that consideration of his bill be delayed. Uresti had proposed raising the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. He wanted to curb teen smoking and cut Medicaid expenses for treating smoking-related illnesses. But with a $1.41 per pack tax on cigarettes, the Texas Legislative Budget Board estimated the state would lose millions...

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