(Editor's note: This article was updated on April 9, 2019 to reflect new Texas legislation filed in 2019, similar legislation passed by other states and current smoking rates.)
In 2017, Texas lawmakers first proposed legislation that would raise the state’s minimum legal sale age for tobacco products from 18 to 21. In 2019, Sen. Joan Huffman and Rep. John Zerwas again put forth legislation to be considered by the...
