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Nearly a dozen communities across the state within the past year have raised the age for tobacco sales higher than 18 years old, evidence of a slow-spreading movement that activists say will reduce cigarette use among teens. Most states, including Massachusetts, allow 18-year-olds to buy tobacco products. Alaska, Alabama, Utah and New Jersey are the exceptions, all of which have pushed the legal age to 19.
Anti-smoking campaigners welcomed lifting the legal age for buying cigarettes. Government statistics show that 9% of young people aged 11 to 15 smoke, down from 13% in 1996. Most buy cigarettes from small corner shops. A trading standards survey in 2005 found that 12% of shops were willing to sell tobacco to children clearly under 16. Ms Flint said: Smoking is dangerous at any age, but the younger people start, the more likely they are to become lifelong smokers and to die early.