Now Chicagoans Have To Wait Until They Can Buy Beer To Buy Cigarettes

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Now Chicagoans Have To Wait Until They Can Buy Beer To Buy Cigarettes

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing his campaign to reduce tobacco use. Starting Friday, the legal age to purchase tobacco in Chicago goes from 18 to 21 years old. We check in with Dr. Stanton Glantz from Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education on how attempts to make it hard to buy cigarettes have affected the smoking rates for young people.