On average, three students vape in any given high school classroom in our state, according to the state health department.
In 2019, Congress increased the federal minimum legal sales age of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21.
However, the legal age to buy tobacco products in North Carolina is only 18, and North Carolina is one of only seven states that hasn’t passed a law to raise the age and make the state law compliant to the federal law.
