华盛顿——一位知情人士周一向 NBC 新闻透露，一项为政府今年剩余时间提供资金的支出法案将包括一项条款，将购买烟草产品（包括电子烟​​）的年龄提高到 21 岁。

夏威夷州民主党参议员布莱恩·夏茨 (Brian Schatz) 多年来一直在推动推行 21 岁及以上的法定退休年龄标准，最近，随着犹他州共和党参议员米特·罗姆尼 (Mitt Romney) 和印第安纳州共和党参议员托德·杨 (Todd Young) 的跨党派支持，该标准获得了更大的推动力。

甚至连来自烟草种植大州蓝草州的参议院多数党领袖、共和党人米奇·麦康奈尔也接受了这个想法。

据预防烟瘾基金会称，目前已有19 个州、哥伦比亚特区和关岛颁布了全州范围的法律，禁止向 21 岁以下的人出售烟草。

WASHINGTON — A spending bill to fund the government for the remainder of the year will include a provision that raises the age to 21 to purchase tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Monday.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, has been pushing for the 21-and-older standard for years, and it's gained momentum recently with cross-aisle support from Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Todd Young, R-Ind.

Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., from the tobacco-growing Bluegrass State, has embraced the idea.

Statewide laws against tobacco sales to people under age 21 are now in 19 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, according to the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation.