Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb expressed support Wednesday for raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.

“We would support that," Gottlieb said in congressional testimony when asked by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., if he would favor raising the minimum age.

“A lot of the youth access isn’t just 14-year-olds and 15-year-olds going into convenience stores and buying these products," Gottlieb explained. [...]