Centre drafts law to raise legal age of smoking to 21 years – Expects negative for ITC, Godfrey Phillips - Expects negative for cigarette manufacturer after the news that the Centre has prepared a bill to raise the age for allowing sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years. The government has drafted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2020.