New law raises age to buy tobacco products

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Individuals under the age of 21 are now prohibited from buying tobacco products, as part of a sweeping $1.4 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump recently signed into law. The bipartisan bill, which the president signed on Friday, Dec. 21, contains several non-spending provisions, among them the increased age restriction for the purchase of tobacco products. The bill raises the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products from the current 18