STATES AND LOCALITIES THAT HAVE RAISED THE MINIMUM LEGAL

SALE AGE FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO 21

As of April 2, 2019, nine states – Arkansas, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine,
Utah and Virginia– have raised the tobacco age to 21, along with at least 450 localities, including New York
City, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis, both Kansas Cities and Washington, DC. Some
of the localities are in states that subsequently enacted statewide laws. The strength of state and local laws,
such as their enforcement and penalties, varies substantially.

States

Hawaii (effective 1/1/16)

California (effective 6/9/16)
New Jersey (effective 11/1/17)
Oregon (effective 1/1/18)
Maine (effective 7/1/18)
Massachusetts (effective 12/31/18)
Arkansas (effective 5/1/19)
Virginia (effective 7/1/19)
Utah (effective 7/1/21)

Localities
Colorado (5) Illinois (cont’d)
Alaska (1) 1. Aspen 11. Elgin
1. Sitka 2. Avon 12. Elk Grove
3. Basalt 13. Evanston
Arizona (2) 4. Carbondale 14. Glen Ellyn
1. Cottonwood 5. Edgewater 15. Gurnee
2. Douglas 16. Highland Park
Connecticut (4) 17. Hoffman Estates
Arkansas (3) 1. Bridgeport 18. Hopkins Park
1. Harrison 2. Hartford 19. Lake County2
2. Helena/West Helena 3. Southington 20. Lake Zurich
3. Phillips County 4. South Windsor 21. Lincolnshire
5. Wallingford 22. Maywood
California (16)1 23. Mundelein
1. Arvin Florida (1) 24. Naperville
2. Elk Grove 1. Alachua County 25. Normal
3. Fairfax 26. Oak Park
4. Healdsburg Hawaii (1) 27. Peoria
5. Kern County 1. Hawaii County 28. Riverwoods
6. Los Gatos 29. Rolling Meadows
7. Novato Illinois (35) 30. Skokie
8. Palo Alto 1. Arlington Heights 31. Vernon Hills
9. San Francisco City/Ctny 2. Aurora 32. Washington
10. Santa Clara County 3. Barrington 33. West Chicago
11. Santa Cruz County 4. Berwyn 34. Wheaton
12. Saratoga 5. Bolingbrook 35. Wilmette
13. Scotts Valley 6. Buffalo Grove
14. Sonoma County 7. Chicago Kansas (22)
15. South El Monte 8. Cook County 1. Bonner Springs
16. South Pasadena 9. Deerfield 2. Douglas County2
10. Des Plaines 3. Garden City

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Kansas (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d)
4. Holcomb 32. Brookline 87. Heath
5. Iola 33. Buckland 88. Hingham
6. Johnson County2 34. Burlington 89. Hinsdale
7. Kansas City/Wyandotte Cty 35. Cambridge 90. Holbrook
8. Lansing 36. Canton 91. Holden
9. Leavenworth 37. Carver 92. Holliston
10. Leawood 38. Charlemont 93. Holyoke
11. Lenexa 39. Chatham 94. Hopedale
12. Merriam 40. Chelmsford 95. Hopkinton
13. Mission Hills 41. Chelsea 96. Hubbard
14. Olathe 42. Chicopee 97. Hudson
15. Overland Park 43. Chilmark 98. Hull
16. Parsons 44. Clinton 99. Ipswich
17. Prairie Village 45. Cohasset 100. Kingston
18. Roeland Park 46. Concord 101. Lancaster
19. Shawnee County2 47. Conway 102. Lanesborough
20. Topeka3 48. Dalton 103. Lawrence
21. Westwood Hills 49. Danvers 104. Lee
22. Westwood 50. Dartmouth 105. Lenox
51. Dedham 106. Leominster
Maine (1) 52. Deerfield 107. Leverett
1. Portland 53. Dighton 108. Lexington
54. Dover 109. Lincoln
Massachusetts (231) 4 55. Dracut 110. Littleton
1. Acton 56. Duxbury 111. Longmeadow
2. Acushnet 57. East Longmeadow 112. Lowell
3. Adams 58. Eastham 113. Ludlow
4. Agawam 59. Easthampton 114. Lynn
5. Amesbury 60. Easton 115. Lynnfield
6. Amherst 61. Edgartown 116. Malden
7. Andover 62. Egremont 117. Manchester
8. Arlington 63. Essex 118. Mansfield
9. Ashburnham 64. Everett 119. Marblehead
10. Ashby 65. Fairhaven 120. Marion
11. Ashland 66. Fall River 121. Marlborough
12. Athol 67. Falmouth 122. Marshfield
13. Attleboro 68. Fitchburg 123. Mashpee
14. Avon 69. Foxboro 124. Maynard
15. Ayer 70. Framingham 125. Medfield
16. Barnstable 71. Franklin 126. Medford
17. Bedford 72. Georgetown 127. Medway
18. Belchertown 73. Gill 128. Melrose
19. Bellingham 74. Gloucester 129. Mendon
20. Belmont 75. Grafton 130. Methuen
21. Beverly 76. Great Barrington 131. Middleton
22. Billerica 77. Greenfield 132. Milford
23. Blackstone 78. Groton 133. Millbury
24. Bolton 79. Hadley 134. Millis
25. Boston 80. Halifax 135. Milton
26. Bourne 81. Hamilton 136. Montague
27. Braintree 82. Hanover 137. Nantucket
28. Brewster 83. Harvard 138. Natick
29. Bridgewater 84. Harwich 139. Needham
30. Brimfield 85. Hatfield 140. New Bedford
31. Brockton 86. Haverhill 141. Newton

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Massachusetts (cont’d) Massachusetts (cont’d) Minnesota (cont’d)
142. Norfolk 197. Sunderland 9. Edina
143. North Adams 198. Sutton 10. Excelsior
144. North Andover 199. Swampscott 11. Falcon Heights
145. North Attleboro 200. Swansea 12. Hermantown
146. Northborough 201. Taunton 13. Isanti County
147. Northbridge 202. Templeton 14. Lauderdale
148. Northampton 203. Tewksbury 15. Mendota Heights
149. North Reading 204. Tisbury 16. Minneapolis
150. Norton 205. Topsfield 17. Minnetonka
151. Norwell 206. Townsend 18. North Mankato
152. Norwood 207. Tyngsboro 19. North Oaks
153. Oak Bluffs 208. Uxbridge 20. Otter Tail County
154. Orange 209. Wakefield 21. Plymouth
155. Orleans 210. Walpole 22. Pope County
156. Otis 211. Waltham 23. Richfield
157. Oxford 212. Wareham 24. Robbinsdale
158. Palmer 213. Watertown 25. Roseville
159. Peabody 214. Wayland 26. Shoreview
160. Pembroke 215. Wellesley 27. St. Louis Park
161. Pittsfield 216. Wellfleet 28. St. Peter
162. Plainville 217. Wenham 29. Waseca
163. Plymouth 218. Westboro
164. Provincetown 219. West Boylston Mississippi (1)
165. Quincy 220. Westfield 1. Adams County2
166. Randolph 221. Westford
167. Raynham 222. Weston Missouri (17)
168. Reading 223. Westport 1. Columbia
169. Revere 224. West Tisbury 2. Crestwood
170. Rockland 225. Westwood 3. Des Peres
171. Rockport 226. Weymouth 4. Excelsior Springs
172. Rowley 227. Whately 5. Gladstone
173. Rutland 228. Whitman 6. Grandview
174. Salem 229. Wilbraham 7. Independence
175. Salisbury 230. Williamstown 8. Jackson County2
176. Saugus 231. Wilmington 9. Jefferson City
177. Scituate 232. Winchendon 10. Kansas City
178. Sharon 233. Winchester 11. Lee’s Summit
179. Sheffield 234. Winthrop 12. Liberty
180. Shelburne 235. Woburn 13. Parkville
181. Sherborn 236. Worcester 14. Peculiar
182. Shrewsbury 237. Yarmouth 15. Raymore
183. Somerville 16. St. Louis City
184. South Hadley Michigan (2) 17. St. Louis County
185. Southampton 1. Ann Arbor
186. Southborough 2. Genesee County3 New Hampshire (2)
187. Southbridge 1. Dover
188. Southwick Minnesota (29) 2. Keene
189. Spencer 1. Albert Lea
190. Springfield 2. Arden Hills New Jersey (28)
191. Stockbridge 3. Beltrami County 1. Belleville
192. Stoneham 4. Bemidji 2. Bergenfield
193. Stoughton 5. Bloomington 3. Bloomingdale
194. Stow 6. Brooklyn Center 4. Bogota
195. Sturbridge 7. Duluth 5. Bradley Beach
196. Sudbury 8. Eden Prairie 6. Cedar Grove

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New Jersey (cont’d) Ohio (cont’d)
7. East Orange 5. Cleveland Heights
8. East Rutherford 6. Columbus
9. Englewood 7. Dublin
10. Fairlawn 8. Euclid
11. Garfield 9. Grandview Heights
12. Haledon 10. Green
13. Hanover 11. Kent
14. Highland Park 12. Lakewood
15. Maplewood 13. Mogadore
16. Oradell 14. New Albany
17. Paterson 15. Norton
18. Princeton 16. Powell
19. Raritan 17. Richfield
20. Rutherford 18. Twinsburg
21. Sayreville 19. Upper Arlington
22. Teaneck 20. Wickliffe
23. Tenafly 21. Worthington
24. Trenton
25. Union City Oregon (1)
26. West Orange 1. Lane County
27. Westwood
28. Wyckoff Rhode Island (2)
1. Barrington3
New York (25) 2. Central Falls
1. Albany County
2. Baxter Estates Texas (3)
3. Cattaraugus County 1. Kirby
4. Chautauqua County 2. Leon Valley
5. Cortland County 3. San Antonio
6. Essex County
7. Great Neck Plaza Utah (2)
8. Hempstead 1. Cedar Hills
9. Long Beach 2. Lehi
10. Nassau County
11. New Castle Washington, DC
12. New York City
13. North Hempstead US Territories
14. Onondaga County 1. Guam
15. Orange County
16. Port Washington North
17. Putnam County 1
CA localities courtesy of ANR
18. Rockland County 2 Only applies to unincorporated areas of
19. Schenectady County the County
3Challenged in court
20. Suffolk County
4 MA localities courtesy of the Municipal
21. Sullivan County
22. Tompkins County Tobacco Control Technical Assistance
Program
23. Ulster County
24. Westchester County
25. Williston Park

Ohio (21)
1. Akron
2. Bexley
3. Cincinnati
4. Cleveland