In 2020, the federal minimum age for buying tobacco products was officially raised from 18 to 21 as an increasing number of states and localities across the country sought to raise the age for tobacco purchases to protect the health of young adults.
Senate grills pharma CEOs, who emerge from hearing on drug prices largely unscathed
For about three hours on Thursday, senators pressed the CEOs of Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson on why US drugs cost so