2014年高考英语阅读理解素材：26 纽约将提升香烟的最低购买年龄素材 .docVIP

纽约将提升香烟的最低购买年龄 New York City Council has voted to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. 纽约市议会投票决定将购买香烟的最低年龄从18岁提升至21岁。 ? New York will now become by far the most populous place in the US to impose such a high age limit, the Associated Press reports. ?[来源:学#科#网] The new age limit includes electronic vapour cigarettes. ? [来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]Across the US there is a minimum age for smoking of 18. Some states have raised the limit to 19 and at least two other towns have raised it to 21. ? The bills sponsor, City Councilman James Gennaro, said it would literally save many, many lives.? ?[来源:Z§xx§k.Com] Mr Gennaro, whose mother and father died from tobacco-related illnesses, said: Ive lived with it, Ive seen it... but I feel good today.[来源:学科网ZXXK] ? Critics of the measure have argued that young people may turn to the black market for cigarettes. ? New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who supported the bill, has 30 days to sign it into law. The measure would then come into effect after 180 days. ? We know that tobacco dependence can begin very soon after a young person first tries smoking so its critical that we stop young people from smoking before they ever start, Mr Bloomberg said in a statement.[来源:学科网ZXXK] ? A plan by Mr Bloomberg to make shops keep cigarettes out of public view was shelved earlier this year.