Led by Dr. Erika Trapl of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a policy raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products in Cleveland. Cleveland City Council passed a policy in 2016 to raise that legal age from 18 to 21. The researchers conducted a study looking at tobacco rates in high school students from 2013 to 2019.
According to the research, the legislation—known as Tobacco 21—is already creating a healthier future for Clevelanders. Read the full story in The Daily here.