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NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers

NC Health News

For young people who try to buy tobacco products, it would be considered an infraction, and part of their consequences might be assignment to a tobacco education program. Crane explained that tobacco activates dopamine neuroreceptorsthroughout the brain, making people feel happy and relaxed. Nicotine can also affect the brain.