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Minimum Age To Buy Tobacco In Tarrytown Could Rise

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Westchester County Democrats have voiced their support to raise the legal age to purchase cigarettes and other tobacco products to 19, according to LoHud.com. 

Westchester County could raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 19.

Westchester County could raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to 19.

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Westchester legislators chose 19 in an effort to keep cigarettes out of high schools and to garner maximum support for the proposal. New York City and Suffolk county recently enacted laws that raised the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21, LoHud.com reported. 

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