New Jersey, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are among states contemplating raising the minimum age for purchases of tobacco products to 21 after Hawaii became the first state to do so on 1 Jan, various media reported.

Bill A-3254 sponsored by several New Jersey Democrats would raise the age from 19 to 21 for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. The bill was approved by an Assembly committee, the Bergen Dispatch said. House Bill 1628 in Pennsylvania would raise the smoking age to 21, the Associated Press reported.
Massachusetts State Senator Jason Lewis has proposed hiking the age to 21 for all tobacco products, according to the Boston Globe. In Maryland, the Frederick News-Post urged the state General Assembly to reconsider its rejection last year of a bill to raise the age.
More than 100 cities in nine states, including New York City, Kansas City and Cleveland, Ohio, have boosted the purchase age to 21, according to Tobacco21.org, a website operated by the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation. Data cited by the website show persons aged 17-20 smoke about 25 billion cigarettes annually.