ALBANY — Lawmakers voted Monday to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine from 18 to 21.

The measure passed the state Senate 52-8, having already cleared the Assembly weeks ago.

Gov. Cuomo said he would sign it when it reaches his desk.

“The longer kids wait before picking up their first tobacco product, the less likely they are to begin,” said Julie Hart of the American Cancer Society.

Each year 53,000 kids under 18 become regular smokers, many taking their first puff before starting high school, officials said.

State Sen. Brad Holman (D-Manhattan) noted this will also stunt the “epidemic of Juuling among high school students.”

“This is a nanny-state policy,” state Sen. Rob Orrt (R-Lockport) disagreed.

“You can go to Iraq or Afghanistan, but you cannot partake in a legal behavior that adults can.”