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The minimum purchasing age for tobacco in the United States before December 20, 2019 varied by state and territory. Since December 20, 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 under federal law which was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.
By 1950, most states had laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors, which at the time, the purchase age differed in each state. In 2020 the federal government required states to set a minimum age of at least 21 years to purchase tobacco products, which was amended in all states by 2020. [2]
The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or use tobacco or cannabis products. ... The minimum age is regulated by each federal state, but is ...
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Wednesday to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products to 21 from 18.
State tobacco regulation, such as the one that prohibits anyone under age 21 from buying cigarettes, will stand. But local jurisdictions would be powerless to enforce them, Berman said.
As of 2023, Alaska does not enforce the federal Tobacco 21 policy. State law mandates a minimum age of 19 for the sale of nicotine and tobacco products. [40] Bipartisan efforts have been made to raise the state smoking age.
The legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 nationwide, a step long-sought by health advocates.
Tobacco distribution is measured in the United States using the term, "tobacco outlet density." [3] An estimated 34.3 million people, or 14% of all adults (aged 18 years or older), in the United States smoked cigarettes in 2015. By state, in 2015, smoking prevalence ranged from between 9.1% and 12.8% in Utah to between 23.7% and 27.4% in West ...