STATES AND LOCALITIES THAT HAVE RAISED THE MINIMUM LEGAL
SALE AGE FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO 21

States
Hawaii (effective 1/1/16)
California (effective 6/9/16)
New Jersey (effective 11/1/17)
Maine (effective 7/1/18)
Oregon (effective 1/1/18)

Localities
As of October 10, 2017, at least 270 localities have raised the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products to
21.
Arizona (2)
Cottonwood
Douglas
Arkansas (1)
Helena/West Helena
California (3)
Healdsburg
San Francisco, City and County
Santa Clara County
Colorado (1)
Aspen
Hawaii (1)
Hawaii County
Illinois (12)
Berwyn
Buffalo Grove
Chicago
Deerfield
Evanston
Highland Park
Lake County
Lincolnshire
Maywood
Naperville
Oak Park
Vernon Hills

Kansas (18)
Bonner Springs
Garden City
Iola
Johnson County
Kansas City/Wyandotte Cty
Lansing
Leavenworth
Leawood
Lenexa
Merriam
Mission Hills
Olathe
Overland Park
Prairie Village
Roeland Park
Shawnee County
Westwood Hills
Westwood
Maine (1)
Portland
Massachusetts (159)
Acton
Adams
Amherst
Andover
Arlington
Ashland
Attleboro
Avon
Belchertown
Belmont
Beverly
Blackstone
Boston

Massachusetts (cont’d)
Braintree
Brewster
Bridgewater
Brimfield
Brockton
Brookline
Buckland
Cambridge
Canton
Carver
Charlemont
Chatham
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Chilmark
Cohasset
Concord
Danvers
Dedham
Deerfield
Dover
Duxbury
Eastham
Easthampton
Easton
Egremont
Essex
Everett
Falmouth
Foxboro
Framingham
Franklin
Gill
Gloucester
Grafton
Great Barrington

 Massachusetts (cont’d)
Greenfield
Groton
Hadley
Halifax
Hamilton
Hanover
Harwich
Hatfield
Holbrook
Holden
Holliston
Holyoke
Hopedale
Hudson
Hull
Kingston
Lanesborough
Lawrence
Lee
Lenox
Leverett
Lexington
Lincoln
Longmeadow
Lowell
Lynn
Malden
Mansfield
Marblehead
Marion
Marlborough
Marshfield
Mashpee
Maynard
Medfield
Medford
Medway
Melrose
Mendon
Methuen
Middleton
Milford
Millis
Milton
Montague
Natick
Needham
Newton
Norfolk
North Adams
North Andover
North Attleboro
North Reading
Northborough
Northampton
Norwell
Norwood
Orleans

Massachusetts (cont’d)
Peabody
Pembroke
Pittsfield
Plainville
Provincetown
Randolph
Raynham
Reading
Revere
Rockport
Salem
Saugus
Scituate
Sharon
Shelburne
Sherborn
Somerville
South Hadley
Southampton
Southborough
Southwick
Spencer
Stockbridge
Stoneham
Stoughton
Stow
Sudbury
Sunderland
Swampscott
Tewksbury
Topsfield
Townsend
Tyngsborough
Wakefield
Walpole
Waltham
Wareham
Watertown
Wayland
Wellesley
West Boylston
Westfield
Westford
Weston
Westwood
Whately
Whitman
Williamstown
Wilmington
Winchester
Worcester
Yarmouth

Michigan (2)
Ann Arbor
Genesee County
Minnesota (2)
Edina
St. Louis Park
Mississippi (1)
Adams County
Missouri (14)
Columbia
Des Peres
Excelsior Springs
Gladstone
Grandview
Independence
Jackson County
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Lee’s Summit
Liberty
Parkville
St. Louis City
St. Louis County
New Jersey (28)
Belleville
Bergenfield
Bloomingdale
Bogota
Bradley Beach
Cedar Grove
East Orange
East Rutherford
Englewood
Fairlawn
Garfield
Haledon
Hanover
Highland Park
Maplewood
Oradell
Paterson
Princeton
Raritan
Rutherford
Sayreville
Teaneck
Tenafly
Trenton
Union City
West Orange
Westwood
Wyckoff

MA localities courtesy of the Municipal Tobacco Control Technical Assistance Program

 New York (16)
Albany County
Baxter Estates
Cattaraugus County
Chautauqua County
Cortland County
Great Neck Plaza
Hempstead
New York City
North Hempstead
Orange County
Port Washington North
Schenectady County
Suffolk County
Sullivan County
Tompkins County
Williston Park
Ohio (8)
Bexley
Cleveland
Columbus
Euclid
Grandview Heights
New Albany
Powell
Upper Arlington
Oregon (1)
Lane County
Rhode Island (2)
Barrington
Central Falls
Washington, DC
(not yet implemented)

MA localities courtesy of the Municipal Tobacco Control Technical Assistance Program