Nash pushes for raising age of tobacco sales (relevance: 100%, date: Jan 29, 2025) A Nash County advisory board says North Carolina is remiss in not raising its minimum tobacco sales age to 21 to match federal law, and is looking for legislators willing to take up the cause to get state law changed. The Nash County Health Department issued a recent press release on the topic, which was also brought up by Gwen Wilkins, commissioner, a member of the Nash County Human Services Board.