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States

Sex, Jobs, and Smoking: What's Legal for Teens in Your State?

A state-by-state look at America's paternalistic patchwork of laws

Eric Boehm | From the December 2017 issue

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This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Sex, Jobs, and Smoking: What's Legal for Teens in Your State?."

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NEXT: The Cops Were Chasing a Shoplifter. They Ended Up Destroying an Innocent Man's Home.

Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason.

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