Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill that will raise the minimum age of tobacco sales in the state from 18 to 21, reports WXYZ.

The legislation brings the state in alignment with federal law. The package, according to the governor’s office, amends several acts to “raise the age of sale for retailers, prohibit anyone under 21 from entering a tobacco retail store, and prohibit tobacco sales through the mail to anyone under 21.”
Governor Whitmer said in a statement, “Today, I am signing several bipartisan bills to protect public health and keep dangerous tobacco products out of the hands of our young people.”
Penalties for selling tobacco products to those under the minimum age remain up to USD 100 for the first offense; up to USD 500 for the second offense; up to USD 2,500 for the following offenses, the report said.