Last night in an 8-4 vote, the Schenectady County Legislature voted to increase the minimum age for the legal sale of tobacco products to 21, following in the footsteps of more than 184 municipalities in ten states, including New York City, the New York State counties of Albany, Chautauqua, Cortland and Suffolk, and the states of Hawaii and California.

Thank you to the Schenectady County Legislature for voting “Yes” to a proven community health strategy that will reduce youth smoking.

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