to put a end to this these are the ACTUAL laws in Connecticut:

MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE: 18
That ALSO: Prohibits purchase,possession,and/or use by minors under 18.

Penalties for first violation: None, You must sign a form

Connecticut will notify parents when their teens are caught lighting up. Anyone under age 18 who continues to violate the ban will be fined and forced to attend classes to stop smoking.

"Beginning on April 1, 1988, the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors under 18 is now prohibited by law in all fifty states of the United States. The legal age of purchase has been additionally raised to 19 in Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey, Utah, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York, and legislation was pending as of 2004 in some other states, including California to raise the age to 19 or even to 21. In Massachusetts, parents and guardians are allowed to give cigarettes to minors, but sales to minors are prohibited"