Arkansas, Texas and Vermont have become the latest US states to raise the minimum legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21. Nine other states have already imposed the laws and five more are set to follow suit by this week. Some health groups called for higher taxes on e-cigarette products and for indoor smoking bans to be extended to vaping.
Arkansas, Texas and Vermont have become the latest US states to raise the minimum legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21. Nine other states have already imposed the laws and five more are set to follow suit by 2020. Some health groups called for higher taxes on e-cigarette products and for indoor smoking bans to be extended to vaping.