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[17] Escrow account [edit] The payments from all the PMs are deposited into an escrow account until disbursement to the settling states

It is therefore difficult to see what purpose would served [sic] by raising the minimum sales age for tobacco

Smokers are more likely than non-smokers to develop age-related macular degeneration, a condition that results in irreversible vision loss

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doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(63)90115-2

[2] By 1920, around half of states had their minimum purchase age of 21 and some simply prohibited "minors" (ages 1424) from purchasing