Bill would raise Idaho's smoking age from 18 to 21

An Idaho senator says the state should raise its smoking age from 18 to 21.

“I feel very strongly about this,” said Sen. Fred Martin, R-Boise. He’s been serving on the state’s Millennium Fund committee, which directs proceeds from a nationwide tobacco settlement to health-related programs, including “spending millions of dollars to encourage young people or not start or to stop smoking.” Martin said he’s started to wonder about “diminishing returns.”

“Statistics I’ve seen, as high as 95 percent of adult smokers started before the age of 21,” Martin said/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.