Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 21 into law June 7 to raise the legal age to distribute, possess, purchase and consume e-cigarettes and tobacco products from age 18 to 21.

The law gives  an exception for military personnel over age 18 with a valid military ID.

“That’s definitely going to have an impact on our business,” said Lee Moore, owner of En Fuego Tobacco Shop located in Frisco as well as in Rockwall, Murphy and McKinney.

Moore said the law is “disheartening” for his tobacco shops’ business, which he said continues to see increased regulation from the state.

“We as a cigar industry are very fearful of the direction legislation is going because we know it obviously won’t stop at 21,” Moore said.

The law could make the biggest impact on teenagers, said Heather Bowers, principal at Lone Star Benefits. She said parents frequently ask about smoking cessation programs for their teenagers, which Bowers attributes to the rise of e-cigarette use.

“The only thing where I think we may easily start seeing [an impact] is less young people having to use smoking cessation programs and taking the different medications they can take to curb nicotine,” she said.

The law will go into effect Sept. 1.