Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationally, rating the health initiative as one of his top priorities. McConnell said his bill will continue to hold retailers responsible for verifying the age of anyone buying tobacco products. The CDC findings came from a national survey conducted last spring of more than 20,000 middle and high school students. It asked if they had used any tobacco products in the previous month. Kentucky lawmakers rejected this years state initiative to raise the minimum legal age for buying tobacco products to 21.

Source: ABC News April 18, 2019 15:06 UTC