Anti-smoking advocates said the higher age limit should make it more difficult for young people to get tobacco, particularly high school students who had friends or classmates over 18 buy for them.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has officially changed the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. The new minimum age applies to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ...

Under Illinois law, the minimum age to buy or possess tobacco products and e-cigarettes is 18. But municipalities and counties can set the threshold higher. Legislation to increase the minimum age ...

Trump has previously said he would support raising the legal age to buy tobacco in response to the youth vaping epidemic. (MORE: Trump signals flexibility on plans to ban flavored vaping products ...

DENVER (CBS4)-- A proposal to raise the age to buy tobacco -- including e-cigarettes -- from 18 to 21 is moving forward in Denver. The bill is part of an effort to reduce teen vaping. Colorado has ...

Tom Wolf’s office said he’d sign legislation that passed both chambers of the state Legislature on Thursday.Under it, the legal age to buy tobacco products will rise from 18 to 21 in ...

(CNN)A bipartisan group of senators said Wednesday that they believe their bill to raise the age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes can pass Congress and be signed into law -- but only if they can ...

Thursday, June 5th would be Solomon Wynn’s 17th birthday. But instead of planning Solly’s birthday party, his stepmother ...

Teens will no longer be allowed to buy nicotine products in Tempe after the city unanimously raised the tobacco purchasing age to 21 on Thursday, a move intended to curb smoking and vaping among ...