If you’re under the age of 21, you’re already too young to legally purchase vape and tobacco products in New York.

But the law doesn’t prevent kids from possessing these harmful products. That’s why it’s important for New York to fill in the loophole in the existing purchase age restriction by making it illegal for anyone under 21 to possess them.

The short- and long-term health effects caused by vaping nicotine and using other tobacco products is well documented in young people.

According to medical experts, nicotine exposure during the teenage years can harm brain development all the way........

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