Andrew Forrest calls for the legal smoking age to be raised

 Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest

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.


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

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest is continuing his fight against tobacco companies.

His foundation, the Eliminate Cancer Initiative, is spearheading a controversial push on cigarette purchasing laws.

Australia's sixth-richest man saying, in a statement, that the legal smoking age should now be 21 instead of 18


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