Committee Urged to Raise the Age For Tobacco, Vaping Sales

HARTFORD, CT — A bill that would prohibit the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and vapor products to persons under the age of 21 received strong support during a public hearing Monday.

If Connecticut passed the bill it would join a number of cities, including New York City, Chicago, Cleveland, Albany, and two cities in Kansas, as well as in the states of Massachusetts, California, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, and Oregon in raising the age from 18 to 21 for the purchase of tobacco and vaping products.

In Connecticut several municipalities are ahead of the state on taking the initiative of raising the age to 21 for tobacco products — including the cities of Hartford and Bridgeport — which have enacted such laws in the past few months.

Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, said that raising the age for tobacco and vaping “is perhaps one of the more important bills in front of this committee and the legislature this session.”

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