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On December 28, 2019, WPRI televised a segment detailing the nation-wide law that now lifts the legal smoking and vaping age in the United States to 21.
On April 24, 2013, Reason TV televised the reactions of young smokers who considered that the recent decision of New York City to lift the smoking age was likely to be ineffective and was an infringement of their rights.
On September 21, 2018, the ABC news program, Behind the News, released a segment titled 'Making Money on Instagram Advertising Cigarettes' which explained how social media was being used to promote products such as cigarettes.
On December 31, 2020, CAN televised a report explaining the implementation of a Singaporean law prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to those under 21.
On October 14, 2020, 7 News Australia televised a report detailing a proposal to make tobacco products only available by prescription. The segment presents arguments for and against the proposal.
On November 27, 2020, 9 News Australia, televised a report detailing a plan proposed by the Melbourne City Council to ban smoking and possibly vaping in most of the City's public spaces by 2025.
On September 19, 2018, Reel Truth Documentaries released a documentary titled 'Seduction of Smoking - Why Do Young Teenagers Smoke?' which examines the strategies employed by tobacco companies world wide to attract new customers.
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On March 3, 2016, The Feed SBS televised a segment on the growing qualities of illegal tobacco or chop-chop being imported into Australia as the cost of cigarettes rises.
On April 8, 2016, Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm made an election advertisement in which he supported Australian smokers' right to buy cigarettes that do not carry a heavy tax.
On September 14, 2018, Ted-Ed released a presentation detailing the negative effects that cigarettes have on the body.
On January 18, 2017, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International released a segment demonstrating alternate measures to reduce the harm of smoking. Their emphasis was on e-cigarettes as a supposedly safer alternative.
On March 30, 2019, CBS Denver televised a segment on the plan to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21. The segment focuses on a 19-year-old manager of a vape store who believes that lifting the legal age will be ineffective.
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Should Australia lift the legal smoking age to 21?
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On January 13, 2021, the United States Food and Drug Administration published the latest data on teenage tobacco use indicating that between 2019 and 2020 some 24 percent of high schoolers and 7 percent of middle schoolers were using tobacco products.
The full data can be accessed at 
On January 11, 2021, ABC News posted a report titled 'Tasmania could become the first state in Australia to raise smoking age to 21'
The report detailed that in March 2021, Independent Tasmanian MLC, Ivan Dean, would bring on the second reading of the Public Health Amendment (Prevention of Sale of Smoking Products to Underage Persons) Bill. If the bill becomes law, Tasmania will become the first Australian state to lift the smoking age to 21.
The full text can be accessed at
On January 11, 2021, Body and Soul published an article titled 'Should the legal age for smoking in Australia be raised to 21?' which considers some of the arguments for and against the proposal.
The full text can be accessed at
On January 11, 2021, Daily Mail published an article titled 'Australian state plans to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 - and why the rest of the country could follow' which considers some of the arguments for and against lifting the age.
The full text can be accessed at
On January 7, 2021, The National Library of Medicine published a paper by Dr Yvette Van Der Eijk, School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and Jacinta I-Pei Chen, School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, titled 'Case for raising the minimum legal age of tobacco sale to 25'.
The authors argue that the neurological predisposition to nicotine addiction of those below 25 makes lifting the smoking age to above this a valuable health strategy.
A summary of this article can be accessed at
In December 2019, Drug and Alcohol Research Connections published a comment by Dr Robert Tait, National Drug Research Institute, titled 'Up in smoke: The extraordinary cost of smoking to Australia' which detailed the health and economic costs associated with smoking.
The full text can be accessed at
On July 24, 2019, the Australian Medical Association's Media Centre released an article titled 'Queensland best, NT worst in tobacco control' which included further actions the federal government could take to reduce smoking in Australia.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 21, 2019, The Conversation published an article by Robert Kozinets,
Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair in Strategic Public Relations and Business Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
The article is titled 'How social media is helping Big Tobacco hook a new generation of smokers' and details the various promotion strategies tobacco manufacturers use to attract young smokers.
The full text can be accessed at
On April 3, 2018, The American Sociological Association published research findings from Paula Lantz, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy at the Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Lantz's article is titled 'Tobacco 21' and disputes some of the claims made regarding the initial success of the measure and argues against it from a civil liberties perspective.
The full text can be accessed at
On February 20, 2018, Retail World published an opinion piece by Michelle Park, Imperial Tobacco Australia Limited Communications Executive titled 'Butt out: why raising the legal smoking age won't work'.
The piece argues against lifting the smoking age in Australia and focuses on this as an infringement of the rights of legal adults.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at
On March 30, 2016, The Conversation published an article by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney, titled 'When is a smoker an adult? Why we shouldn't raise the legal smoking age to 21'. The article argues against raising the smoking age to 21 based on not reducing the civil rights of smokers.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 5, 2016, The New York Times published an editorial titled 'Raise the Legal Age for Cigarette Sales to 21' which argued for California to lift the legal smoking age to 21. (Please note, this is an American argument and some of the arguments raised that refers to a legal driving age of 21 refer to the United States context.)
The full text can be accessed at
On August 19, 2015, Science News for Student published an article titled 'Explainer: The nico-teen brain' which outlines why the brains of adolescents may be particularly susceptible to nicotine addiction.
The full text can be accessed at
On April 2, 2015, The Conversation a comment by Micah Berman, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Law, The Ohio State University, titled 'Raising the minimum buying age for tobacco could mean fewer people start to smoke'
The article examines United States data which suggests lifting the smoking age reduces the number of people who take up smoking.
The full article can be accessed at
On November 26, 2013, The Atlantic published a comment by Eric Levenson titled 'Raising the Smoking Age to 21 Is Pointless' which argued against Utah lifting the legal smoking age because the action was likely to be ineffective.
The full text can be accessed at
On October 15, 2013, the Annals of Internal Medicine published an article by Dr Michael B. Steinberg and Dr Cristine D. Delnevo titled 'Increasing the "Smoking Age": The Right Thing to Do'. The article examines the evidence base which supports the lifting of the legal smoking age.
The full text can be accessed at
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has an overview of the health impact of smoking in Australia. The data can be accessed at
Better Health Victoria has data on smoking and health for Victoria and for Australia as a whole. This can be accessed at
The Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) has a variety of information on smoking and health. This can be accessed at
The United States lobby group Tobacco Free Kids has a portion of its Internet site which explains the advantages of lifting the smoking age to 21.
This set of arguments can be accessed at
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