General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6491 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3095 *03095* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6491 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3095 *03095* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist. AN ACT RAISING THE AGE FOR CIGARETTE PURCHASES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to raise the minimum age for cigarette purchases to twenty-one years of age. Statement of Purpose: To require cigarette purchases to be made by those twenty-one years of age and older.