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Panel hears bipartisan support to raise legal vape-purchase age to 21
Corrections and Criminal Law · January 6, 2026
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Summary
Senate Bill 144 would move the minimum purchase age for vape and other nicotine-delivery products to 21. Prosecutors, medical groups and school principals told the committee the change would reduce youth access and fund education and enforcement.
Senator Alexander introduced Senate Bill 144, which would raise the minimum legal purchase age for vape and other nicotine-delivery products to 21. He said the bill responds in part to concerns from local students and aims to reduce the supply of vape products in K–12 schools.
"This would move everything that is a vape, whether…
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