I do agree with you in supporting the lowering of the minimum age to drink. There seems to be a flawed logic in the laws of the United States when someone who is 18 years old, in many states, can purchase cigarettes but not alcohol. There are several estimations of the following, but it is believed that cigarettes cause around 450,000 deaths annually in the US, while alcohol causes around 80,000. If the laws are there to protect "still developing young adults", then allowing them to smoke seems to be just as, if not more, harmful to their bodies than drinking.