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12/28/2010

A new Philadelphia law raises the penalty for selling tobacco to minors from $100 to $250 per incident. City officials hope the harsher fine will reduce youth smoking, which ranks high in Philadelphia compared with the nation's other big cities. Smoking affects all ages in Philadelphia, killing 2,500 people in the city each year and costing more than $800 million in lost productivity.