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Mining magnate calls for the legal smoking age to be raised to 21 years

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest

Source: AAP

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest is lobbying state and federal governments to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21. Image: Andrew Forrest (AAP)


His campaign has already been backed by the major health bodies, but faces an uphill struggle to eventuate.


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