by: Sam Wilmes (The Albert Lea Tribune)
Local organizers asked the Albert Lea City Council on Monday to increase the minimum age to buy tobacco in Albert Lea from 18 to 21.
The request was made by Freeborn County Statewide Health Improvement Partnership Coordinator Lana Howe, Freeborn County Truancy Officer Amy Geyer, Freeborn County Partners in Prevention Coordinator Jenny Hendrickson, Blue Zones Project of Albert Lea Organization Lead Ellen Kehr and Liz Heimer of the American Lung Association during a study session and briefly repeated during the council’s main meeting.
They called e-cigarette use among youth an epidemic.
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