Yet even seeing the data from the Institute of Medicine, and lauding the goal of decreasing youth smoking wholeheartedly, I still find myself pausing before joining the chorus praising these new laws. I\u2019ll admit, it\u2019s a bit of an uncomfortable feeling to be out of alignment with the American Academy of Pediatrics (of which I am a member), which supports a nationwide increase in smoking age to 21. But as much as I value efforts to increase public health, I also value letting people make their own decisions for themselves, even if I think those decisions are awful. It\u2019s for similar reasons that I dissent from the Academy\u2019s position on legalizing marijuana use for adults, as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From: Raising the Smoking Age to 21 Saves Lives – The Daily Beast<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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