18 is too young, raise it to 21, states, such as California, New Jersey, Hawaii, and others already have done it. If we put the smoking and drinking age at the same age then smoking won't be as appealing as before. The Center for Disease Control says, "If smoking continues at the current rate among youth in this country, 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die early from a smoking-related illness". http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacc...



