Trenton bumps tobacco purchasing age from 19 to 21

TRENTON >> Doctors see the toll smoking takes on a daily basis.

So before city council voted to raise Trenton’s tobacco purchasing age from 19 to 21 on Thursday, medical practitioners from local hospitals told of the horror stories.

“As a doctor, frankly, I’m tired of treating adults with emphysema, lung disease and lung cancer due to smoking,” Dr. Robert Remstein, of Capital Health, said at the meeting. “It’s sad every time I see that. Too many young patients have suffered and died.”

Just this week, Remstein said a smoker had part of their lung removed.

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