STATES AND LOCALITIES THAT HAVE RAISED THE MINIMUM LEGAL SALE AGE FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO 21 On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed legislation to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raise the federal minimum age of sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years, effective immediately. Prior to the federal increase, nineteen states – Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington – had raised the tobacco age to 21, along with Washington, DC and at least 540 localities, covering over half of the US population. Subsequent to the federal age of sale increase, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming have raised their tobacco age to 21.The strength of state and local laws, such as their enforcement and penalties, varies substantially. States States listed in order of effective date. States in bold passed their legislation prior to the federal minimum age of sale increase. Hawaii (effective 1/1/16) New York (effective 11/13/19) California (effective 6/9/16) Washington (effective 1/1/20) New Jersey (effective 11/1/17) Oklahoma (effective 5/19/20) Oregon (effective 1/1/18) Iowa (effective 6/29/20) Maine (effective 7/1/18) Indiana (effective 7/1/20) Massachusetts (effective 12/31/18) Pennsylvania (effective 7/1/20) Illinois (effective 7/1/19) South Dakota (effective 7/1/20) Virginia (effective 7/1/19) Utah (effective 7/1/20) Delaware (effective 7/16/19) Wyoming (effective 7/1/20) Arkansas (effective 9/1/19) Colorado (effective 7/14/20) Texas (effective 9/1/19) Kentucky (effective 8/1/20) Vermont (effective 9/1/19) Minnesota (effective 8/1/20) Connecticut (effective 10/1/19) Mississippi (effective 7/8/20) Maryland (effective 10/1/19) New Mexico (effective 1/1/21) Ohio (effective 10/17/19) Tennessee (effective 1/1/21) Localities Local laws enacted after increase in federal age of sale not listed. Alaska (2) California (16)1 California (cont’d) 1. Anchorage 1. Arvin 16. South Pasadena 2. Sitka 2. Elk Grove 3. Fairfax Colorado (22) Arizona (5) 4. Healdsburg 1. Aspen 1. Cottonwood 5. Kern County 2. Avon 2. Douglas 6. Los Gatos 3. Basalt 3. Flagstaff 7. Novato 4. Boulder 4. Goodyear 8. Palo Alto 5. Breckinridge 5. Tucson 9. San Francisco City/Ctny 6. Broomfield 10. Santa Clara County 7. Carbondale Arkansas (3) 11. Santa Cruz County 8. Castle Pines 1. Harrison 12. Saratoga 9. Denver 2. Helena/West Helena 13. Scotts Valley 10. Dillon 3. Phillips County 14. Sonoma County 11. Edgewater 15. South El Monte 12. Frisco 1 Colorado (cont’d) Illinois (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d) 13. Glenwood Springs 24. Maywood 7. Andover 14. Golden 25. Mount Prospect 8. Arlington 15. Gypsum 26. Mundelein 9. Ashburnham 16. Lafayette 27. Naperville 10. Ashby 17. Louisville 28. Normal 11. Ashland 18. Minturn 29. Oak Park 12. Athol 19. Silverthorne 30. Park Ridge 13. Attleboro 20. Snowmass 31. Peoria 14. Avon 21. Summit County 32. Plainfield 15. Ayer 22. Superior 33. Riverwoods 16. Barnstable 34. Rolling Meadows 17. Bedford Connecticut (8) 35. Skokie 18. Belchertown 1. Bridgeport 36. Vernon Hills 19. Bellingham 2. Hartford 37. Washington 20. Belmont 3. Meriden 38. West Chicago 21. Beverly 4. Milford 39. Wheaton 22. Billerica 5. Southington 40. Wilmette 23. Blackstone 6. South Windsor 24. Bolton 7. Trumbull Kansas (25) 25. Boston 8. Wallingford 1. Bonner Springs 26. Bourne 2. Douglas County2 27. Braintree Florida (2) 3. Garden City 28. Brewster 1. Alachua County 4. Holcomb 29. Bridgewater 2. Fort Lauderdale 5. Iola 30. Brimfield 6. Johnson County2 31. Brockton Georgia (1) 7. Kansas City/Wyandotte Cty 32. Brookline 1. Smyrna 8. Lansing 33. Buckland 9. Leavenworth 34. Burlington Hawaii (1) 10. Leawood 35. Cambridge 1. Hawaii County 11. Lenexa 36. Canton 12. Merriam 37. Carver Illinois (40) 13. Mission Hills 38. Charlemont 1. Arlington Heights 14. Newton 39. Chatham 2. Aurora 15. Olathe 40. Chelmsford 3. Barrington 16. Overland Park 41. Chelsea 4. Berwyn 17. Paola 42. Chicopee 5. Bolingbrook 18. Parsons 43. Chilmark 6. Buffalo Grove 19. Prairie Village 44. Clinton 7. Chicago 20. Roeland Park 45. Cohasset 8. Cook County 21. Sabetha 46. Concord 9. Deerfield 22. Shawnee County2 47. Conway 10. Des Plaines 23. Topeka3 48. Dalton 11. Downers Grove 24. Westwood 49. Danvers 12. Elgin 25. Westwood Hills 50. Dartmouth 13. Elk Grove 51. Dedham 14. Evanston Maine (1) 52. Deerfield 15. Glen Ellyn 1. Portland 53. Dighton 16. Gurnee 54. Dover 17. Highland Park Massachusetts (237) 4 55. Dracut 18. Hoffman Estates 1. Acton 56. Duxbury 19. Hopkins Park 2. Acushnet 57. East Longmeadow 20. Lake County2 3. Adams 58. Eastham 21. Lake in the Hills 4. Agawam 59. Easthampton 22. Lake Zurich 5. Amesbury 60. Easton 23. Lincolnshire 6. Amherst 61. Edgartown 2 Massachusetts (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d) 62. Egremont 117. Manchester 172. Rowley 63. Essex 118. Mansfield 173. Rutland 64. Everett 119. Marblehead 174. Salem 65. Fairhaven 120. Marion 175. Salisbury 66. Fall River 121. Marlborough 176. Saugus 67. Falmouth 122. Marshfield 177. Scituate 68. Fitchburg 123. Mashpee 178. Sharon 69. Foxboro 124. Maynard 179. Sheffield 70. Framingham 125. Medfield 180. Shelburne 71. Franklin 126. Medford 181. Sherborn 72. Georgetown 127. Medway 182. Shrewsbury 73. Gill 128. Melrose 183. Somerville 74. Gloucester 129. Mendon 184. South Hadley 75. Grafton 130. Methuen 185. Southampton 76. Great Barrington 131. Middleton 186. Southborough 77. Greenfield 132. Milford 187. Southbridge 78. Groton 133. Millbury 188. Southwick 79. Hadley 134. Millis 189. Spencer 80. Halifax 135. Milton 190. Springfield 81. Hamilton 136. Montague 191. Stockbridge 82. Hanover 137. Nantucket 192. Stoneham 83. Harvard 138. Natick 193. Stoughton 84. Harwich 139. Needham 194. Stow 85. Hatfield 140. New Bedford 195. Sturbridge 86. Haverhill 141. Newton 196. Sudbury 87. Heath 142. Norfolk 197. Sunderland 88. Hingham 143. North Adams 198. Sutton 89. Hinsdale 144. North Andover 199. Swampscott 90. Holbrook 145. North Attleboro 200. Swansea 91. Holden 146. Northborough 201. Taunton 92. Holliston 147. Northbridge 202. Templeton 93. Holyoke 148. Northampton 203. Tewksbury 94. Hopedale 149. North Reading 204. Tisbury 95. Hopkinton 150. Norton 205. Topsfield 96. Hubbard 151. Norwell 206. Townsend 97. Hudson 152. Norwood 207. Tyngsboro 98. Hull 153. Oak Bluffs 208. Uxbridge 99. Ipswich 154. Orange 209. Wakefield 100. Kingston 155. Orleans 210. Walpole 101. Lancaster 156. Otis 211. Waltham 102. Lanesborough 157. Oxford 212. Wareham 103. Lawrence 158. Palmer 213. Watertown 104. Lee 159. Peabody 214. Wayland 105. Lenox 160. Pembroke 215. Wellesley 106. Leominster 161. Pittsfield 216. Wellfleet 107. Leverett 162. Plainville 217. Wenham 108. Lexington 163. Plymouth 218. Westboro 109. Lincoln 164. Provincetown 219. West Boylston 110. Littleton 165. Quincy 220. Westfield 111. Longmeadow 166. Randolph 221. Westford 112. Lowell 167. Raynham 222. Weston 113. Ludlow 168. Reading 223. Westport 114. Lynn 169. Revere 224. West Tisbury 115. Lynnfield 170. Rockland 225. Westwood 116. Malden 171. Rockport 226. Weymouth 3 Massachusetts (cont’d) Minnesota (cont’d) New Hampshire (5) 227. Whately 39. Owatonna 1. Dover 228. Whitman 40. Plymouth 2. Durham 229. Wilbraham 41. Pope County 3. Franklin 230. Williamstown 42. Richfield 4. Keene 231. Wilmington 43. Robbinsdale 5. Newmarket 232. Winchendon 44. Rockford 233. Winchester 45. Roseville New Jersey (28) 234. Winthrop 46. Rushford 1. Belleville 235. Woburn 47. St. Anthony 2. Bergenfield 236. Worcester 48. St. Bonifacius 3. Bloomingdale 237. Yarmouth 49. St. James 4. Bogota 50. St. Louis Park 5. Bradley Beach Michigan (2) 51. St. Paul 6. Cedar Grove 1. Ann Arbor 52. St. Peter 7. East Orange 2. Genesee County3 53. Scandia 8. East Rutherford 54. Shoreview 9. Englewood Minnesota (60) 55. Stevens County 10. Fairlawn 1. Adams 56. Stewartsville 11. Garfield 2. Albert Lea 57. Waseca 12. Haledon 3. Arden Hills 58. West St. Paul 13. Hanover 4. Austin 59. Wilkin County 14. Highland Park 5. Beltrami County 60. Wright County 15. Maplewood 6. Bemidji 16. Oradell 7. Benton County Mississippi (1) 17. Paterson 8. Bloomington 1. Adams County2 18. Princeton 9. Braham 19. Raritan 10. Byron Missouri (27) 20. Rutherford 11. Brooklyn Center 1. Belton 21. Sayreville 12. Cook County 2. Carl Junction 22. Teaneck 13. Duluth 3. Columbia 23. Tenafly 14. Eden Prairie 4. Crestwood 24. Trenton 15. Edina 5. Des Peres 25. Union City 16. Excelsior 6. Eldon 26. West Orange 17. Falcon Heights 7. Excelsior Springs 27. Westwood 18. Fergus Falls 8. Gladstone 28. Wyckoff 19. Forest Lake 9. Grandview 20. Golden Valley 10. Hallsville New York (25) 21. Greenfield 11. Independence 1. Albany County 22. Hennepin County 12. Jackson County2 2. Baxter Estates 23. Hermantown 13. Jefferson City 3. Cattaraugus County 24. Isanti County 14. Joplin 4. Chautauqua County 25. Lauderdale 15. Kansas City 5. Cortland County 26. Lilydale 16. Kearney 6. Essex County 27. Little Canada 17. Lee’s Summit 7. Great Neck Plaza 28. Mankato 18. Liberty 8. Hempstead 29. Mendota Heights 19. Oak Grove 9. Long Beach 30. Minneapolis 20. Parkville 10. Nassau County 31. Minnetonka 21. Peculiar 11. New Castle 32. Mound 22. Pleasant Valley 12. New York City 33. Mounds View 23. Raymore 13. North Hempstead 34. New Brighton 24. Smithville Springfield 14. Onondaga County 35. North Mankato 25. St. Louis City 15. Orange County 36. North Oaks 26. St. Louis County 16. Port Washington North 37. Olmsted County 27. Wildwood 17. Putnam County 38. Otter Tail County 18. Rockland County 4 New York (cont’d) US Territories 19. Schenectady County 1. Guam 20. Suffolk County 21. Sullivan County 22. Tompkins County 23. Ulster County 1CA localities courtesy of ANR 24.