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Hauppauge, NY (<a href=”https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/10/06/lawmaker-proposes-raising-smoking-age-in-suffolk-county-to-25/” target=”_blank”>WCBS</a>) — Lawmakers in Suffolk County heard Tuesday from the public on a controversial proposal to raise the smoking age.

It’s now 21 across the nation, but Suffolk could take the lead in raising the age by