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In 2020, the CDC found that nearly five of every 100 high school students, amounting to 4.6%, reported they had smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days, a decrease from 15.8% in 2011

Even with the new age minimum, anyone in the age range 18-20 that already had started legally buying cigarettes has a good shot of already being addicted to them and, depending on the person, they likely arent going to move on and stop smoking right off the bat because of the new legislation

Furthermore, SLT increases the risk of various cancers beyond the oral cavity, such as esophageal and pancreatic cancer, while also fostering nicotine addiction, complicating cessation efforts