Walmart raising tobacco purchase age to 21

Cashiers ring up customers at registers inside a Walmart location in Burbank, California.

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Walmart will increase the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 starting July 1, the company said in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration.

Walmart said it is also in the process of discontinuing sales of fruit and dessert flavored e-cigarettes. The retailer outlined steps to prevent minors from buying tobacco products in a letter to the FDA. 

The FDA in April threatened to fine Walmart, Kroger, Family Dollar and more than a half dozen convenience store chains for illegally selling tobacco products to minors. 

Read Walmart's letter to the FDA: 

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