New state law on youth possession will allow for more effective tobacco prevention

• Promoting help for addicted youth can reduce smoking Officials at the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) praised the signing of a new state law on Monday that will modify youth purchase, use, or possession (PUP) laws to hold the tobacco industry responsible for their efforts to addict children. PUP laws were passed in the 1990s to reduce youth access to tobacco but the policies did not…