The Vermont Senate has approved a bill that would increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in the state. Earlier today, the state’s upper body passed S. 86, which means the attention now turns to the Vermont House, where a similar bill is still in committee.

Similar efforts to raise the minimum tobacco purchasing age in Vermont have failed in the Senate, most recently in 2017.

If approved, Vermont would become the eighth state to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 joining Hawaii, California, Oregon, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts and Virginia.

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I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I handle the editing of our written content, the majority of the technical aspects of the site and work with the rest of our staff on content management, business development and more. I’ve lived in most corners of the country and now entering my second stint in Dallas, Texas. I enjoy boxing, headphones, the Le Mans 24-hour, wearing sweatshirts year-round and gyros. echte liebe.