SB 2332, or Tobacco 21, would raise the minimum age to purchase ALL tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old. This legislation was just sent to Governor Rauner for his consideration. He needs to hear from you NOW!  Please send a message and urge Governor Rauner to sign SB 2332 – T21.

Smoking kills more than 18,000 Illinois adults each year. Research shows that approximately 95 percent of adult smokers begin smoking before they turn 21, and about 80 percent first try it before age 18. By increasing the age to 21, we decrease access to tobacco products for teens and can stop the next generation from ever starting.

The time is now for Illinois to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21! Act now and urge the Governor to sign Tobacco 21 into law!

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Governor Bruce Rauner
Office of the Governor
207 State House Building
Springfield, IL 62706
 
Phone: 217-782-0244
 
You can also submit a comment through the form on his website
https://www2.illinois.gov/gov/contactus/Pages/VoiceAnOpinion.aspx

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A leader of the 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative discusses how collaboration is key to healthy change for communities.

Most doctors treat one patient at a time. Dr. Somava Stout has a far more ambitious aim: healing millions before they get sick.

Stout is a vice president at the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a dynamo behind the 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative, an effort to "fundamentally transform the way the world thinks and acts" in order to improve the health and well-being of 100 million people by 2020....  rest of article

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