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The FDA has sponsored several studies showing that when smokers switch to low-nicotine cigarettes they smoke less and are more likely to try quitting

Laws by state [edit] See also [edit] Age of candidacy Age of consent Age of majority when a minor becomes a legal adult Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Gambling age Legal drinking age worldwide view of drinking ages Mature minor doctrine Marriageable age Legal smoking age worldwide view of smoking ages Shoulder tap (alcohol) List of smoking bans Tobacco 21 Voting age Youth rights Youth suffrage Notes [edit] The minimum legal age to purchase tobacco is aligned with Alabama's age of majority and was lowered from 21 to 19 in 1976

However, overeating, which is much more prevalent than smoking, at least in the U.S., is just as sinful, if not more so because of the biblical commands to avoid gluttony (Proverbs 23:2, 20)

and Joanna Cohen of John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health also contributed to this research