Should smoking age be raised to 21?

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"Nearly 90% of adult smokers start as children" Mr Forrest said. Source: Pixabay

The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or smoke tobacco products.

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Published 10 October 2017 9:48am

Updated 16 August 2022 10:37am

By Dario Castaldo, Francesca Rizzoli

Source: SBS

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The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or smoke tobacco products.

According to billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest Australians should not be able to purchase cigarettes until age 21, to avoid young people getting hooked to an unhealthy habit which is hard to break. We asked our listeners what they thought of this proposal.