article_snippet: Most states have set the age at 18, which is the federal minimum.
article_snippet: Four states - Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah - have set the age at 19 and several localities, including New York City, have raised the minimum age to 21.
article_snippet: Most states have set the legal age for buying tobacco at 18 - the federal minimum.
highlights_snippet: Most states currently have set the age at 18, which is the federal minimum .
  