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Tim Walz: “We've raised the age to purchase tobacco to 21.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers State of the State address 4/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 29:41

We can and we must expand our tool belt to every single early intervention resource to our schools. We take public safety seriously. That's why we've banned the use of handheld cell phones while driving. We've raised the age to purchase tobacco to 21. And we provided hundreds of millions of dollars to public safety institutions across the state to combat crime. We've increased funding for victims of crime and we've transformed the prison system. (29:41–29:45)

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States that the legal age to purchase tobacco in Minnesota is now 21.

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