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纽约将提升香烟的最低购买年龄 New York City Council has voted to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. 纽约市议会投票决定将购买香烟的最低年龄从18岁提升至21岁。 ? New York will now become by far the most populous place in the US to impose such a high age limit, the Associated Press reports. ? The new age limit includes electronic vapour cigarettes. ? Across the US there is a minimum age for smoking of 18. Some states have raised the limit to 19 and at least two other towns have raised it to 21. ? The bills sponsor, City Councilman James Gennaro, said it would literally save many, many lives.? ? Mr Gennaro, whose mother and father died from tobacco-related illnesses, said: Ive lived with it, Ive seen it... but I feel good today. ? Critics of the measure have argued that young people may turn to the black market for cigarettes. ? New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who supported the bill, has 30 days to sign it into law. The measure would then come into effect after 180 days. ? We know that tobacco dependence can begin very soon after a young person first tries smoking so its critical that we stop young people from smoking before they ever start, Mr Bloomberg said in a statement. ? A plan by Mr Bloomberg to make shops keep cigarettes out of public view was shelved earlier this year.