NJ Mulls Hiking Legal Smoking Age to 21 By Jeff McKay CNSNews.com Correspondent April 25, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - When it comes to tobacco, New Jersey has been a leader at making it harder and costlier to smoke. Now, legislators want to raise the legal age for buying tobacco, a step that would make it the only state in the nation where you must be 21 to smoke. The bill's primary sponsor, Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) believes this bill would benefit teenagers and be easier to enforce. "The statistics are clear -- 95 percent of all smokers start before they...