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Cigarette Display In NYC (Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images News)

New York City Proposing Raising Age For Tobacco Purchases To 21

On Monday it was personal. Queens Councilman James Gennaro teared up as he joined Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley to sponsor a bill to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in New York City.

2013/04/22

Mayor Bloomberg discusses local, national and global impact of 2003 Smoke-Free Air Act on 10th Anniversary.(Credit: Spencer T Tucker/Flickr)

NYC Marks 10th Anniversary Of Anti-Smoking Initiative

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday there are about 500,000 fewer smokers in the city than there were a decade ago and about 10,000 fewer deaths linked to smoking during that period.

2013/03/27

Mayor Bloomberg with Health Commissioner Thomas Farley. (credit: Spencer T Tucker/Flickr)

Mayor Bloomberg: New Yorkers Living Longer Than Ever

New Yorkers are living it up! The latest statistics show life expectancy in the Big Apple is 80.6 years – more than two years longer than the national average.

2011/12/27

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