B.C.’s health minister campaigns to raise legal smoking age to 21
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s health minister says he wants to see the province raise the legal smoking age to 21.
Terry Lake said he’s an ardent anti-smoker and believes the longer people are legally prevented from buying tobacco products, the better the odds are that they won’t pick up the habit.
The legal age in Canada to purchase tobacco products is set by each province and territory.
B.C. and five other provinces have an age limit of 19, while the rest of the provinces and territories have set the smoking limit at 18 years old.