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Raising the age for purchasing tobacco products is an important step in our efforts to ensure that these products do not fall into the hands of children and teens, Rite Aid Chief Operating Officer Bryan Everett said in a statement

Smoking rates have generally declined in the developed world, but continue to rise in developing nations.[5][6], [7] Cigarettes carry serious health risks, which are more prevalent than with other tobacco products

A 1968 poll conducted on behalf of the tobacco industry, for example, found that only 13% of Americans believed that a law should be passed banning cigarettes

Just as remarkably, when a judge struck down the smoking ban in November of that year, the rate of heart attacks shot right back up to its previous level