RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina legislators want to raise the legal sales age for tobacco products to 21, a move to bring the state in line with federal law.
Rep. Donnie Loftis, R-Gaston, and Sen. Gale Adcock, D-Wake, are behind the effort to bring the state in line with federal law. House Bill 430, filed Tuesday by Loftis, and Senate Bill 318, filed Tuesday by Adcock — each under the banner “Protect Youth from Harms of Vaping & Nicotine” — would also require a tobacco retail sales permit for stores selling vapes and tobacco products.
