Smokers under 30 must show ID to purchase tobacco products, FDA says
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that people who appear under 30 will now be required to show photo identification to purchase tobacco products, raising the previous age verification requirement by three years.
The rule, finalized on Thursday, also said retailers cannot sell tobacco products through vending machines in places where people under 21 are present or allowed to enter at any time. Previously, these vending machines were not permitted only in places where people under 18 were allowed.
Set to take effect on Sept. 30, the new rule looks to build on federal efforts to protect young people from accessing tobacco products.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that people under 30 will now be required to show photo identification to purchase tobacco products. (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The U.S. has been working to crack down on tobacco use in recent years over health concerns linked to smoking and other products, and has sought to prevent the use of e-cigarettes by minors.
«Today's rule is another key step toward protecting our nation’s youth from the health risks of tobacco products,» Brian King, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, said in a news release.
«Decades of science have shown that keeping tobacco products away from youth is critical to reducing the number of people who ultimately become addicted to these products and suffer from tobacco-related disease and death,» he continued.
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