Cambridge MA Thinks A City Ordinance Will Stop Teens From Smoking Cigarettes

“I see it everyday at the high school where I work,” [Councilor McGovern] said. “At lunch the 18 year-old goes up to the corner store and hands cigarettes to a 15 year-old. [If the ordinance amendment is followed], that’s not going to happen anymore.” How old do students have to be to purchase marijuana in Cambridge? Does the City Councilor ever see [or smell] young people smoking dope?

[From article]
“This is going to be one of the most significant public health decisions we’ve made,” McGovern said in an interview Wednesday.
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"I see it everyday at the high school where I work,” he said. “At lunch the 18 year-old goes up to the corner store and hands cigarettes to a 15 year-old. [If the ordinance amendment is followed], that’s not going to happen anymore.”

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/2/5/cambridge-ordinance-amendment-tobacco/

Cambridge Raises Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21
By SAMUEL E. LIU,

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
February 5, 2015