Is the age to buy tobacco headed to 21?

The campaign to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products has added a major booster: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentucky Republican said yesterday in his home state that he would introduce a bill next month that would make tobacco and e-cigarettes available only to people 21 and older. The move follows scrutiny by the Trump administration, led largely by former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb, of tobacco products. Some Senate Republicans have criticized the administration’s initiatives, such as the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, but McConnell said he expects bipartisan support for his bill. About a dozen states have set the minimum age for tobacco at 21, measures that tobacco and vaping companies largely support.