BuyDiscountCigars.com now Requires All Customers to Be at Least 21 Years of Age, Following Walmart's Lead on Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco Products

TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BuyDiscountCigars.com, a leading online seller of cigars, premium cigars, pipe tobacco, filtered cigars and more, have announced that they are raising the minimum purchasing age on their website to 21 years of age. Several states and localities have enacted legislation raising the minimum age. Large retailers such as Walmart and Walgreens have recently announced they are increasing the minimum purchasing age to 21. Congress is also actively working on legislation to set the nationwide tobacco purchasing age to 21.

"BuyDiscountCigars.com has always prided itself on very strict age verification processes in order to ensure minors are not able to purchase our products", said BuyDiscountCigars.com CEO Mark Little. He added, "We have always required our customers to provide a valid government ID that matches the customer's credit card information and shipping address. In addition, we use online age verification databases to make it 100% certain that all of our customers are legally able to purchase our tobacco products in their state or jurisdiction."

Washington state is the latest state to pass legislation requiring tobacco purchasers to be at least 21 years old. A statewide youth survey released last month found that teens report smoking less than half as much as a decade ago. By joining other major retailers and state governments in raising the cigar smoking age to 21, BuyDiscountCigars.com will continue to ensure that underage youths do not have access to cigars, pipe tobacco, filtered cigars, and other tobacco products.

SOURCE BuyDiscountCigars.com