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Smoking age

Minimum legal age to purchase tobacco by country (2022):
  Illegal at any age
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 20
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 17
  Minimum age is 16
  No regulation/no age set

The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or use tobacco products. Most countries have laws that forbid sale of tobacco products to persons younger than certain ages, usually the age of majority.

This article does not discuss laws that regulate electronic cigarettes.

Laws by region

Africa

Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Africa as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  No minimum age
Country De jure Notes
Legal age to smoke any tobacco products Legal age to buy any tobacco products
 Algeria None 19 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors under the age of 19 years.
(Chapitre IV sur les problèmes de santé l'article 93: "la vente de tabac ou produits du tabac aux mineurs est interdite".) The legal age to buy tobacco products has been 19 years since June 1984.[1]
 Angola None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors under the age of 18.[2]
 Benin None 18 [3]
 Botswana None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors under the age of 18. Any person who sells, by retail, any tobacco product, shall display clearly, for the public, a notice to the effect that the sale of any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years is prohibited.[4]
 Burkina Faso None 18 [5]
 Burundi None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18. Other tobacco products are not regulated.[6]
 Cameroon None
 Cape Verde None
 Central African Republic None
 Chad 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. Minors and pregnant women may not smoke in public.[7]
 Comoros None 18 The sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited. Vendors of tobacco products must visibly and prominently display at their point of sale a notice of prohibition of the sale of tobacco to minors and by minors.[8]
 Republic of the Congo 18 [9]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 It is illegal for minors to smoke in public, and for anyone to give or sell tobacco to a minor.
(Arrete MinisterielN°1250 Article 1: L'usage, la vente, l'achat et la consommation du tabac, de ses produits et de ses dérivés sont strictement interdits aux mineurs.)[10]
 Djibouti None 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor under the age of 16 years. A notice with the sale restrictions has to be placed at point of sale.[11]
 Egypt 18 The sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 is prohibited.
 Equatorial Guinea 18 [12]
 Eritrea None 18 [13]
 Ethiopia None 18 "No person may directly or indirectly give, provide or sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18."[14]
 Gabon None 18 [15]
 Gambia None
 Ghana 18 [16]
 Guinea-Bissau None
 Kenya None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. There is no minimum age to possess tobacco or smoke in public.[17]
 Lesotho None
 Liberia 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor. Minors may not consume tobacco at any public place.[18]
 Libya None 18 It is strictly prohibited to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years.[19]
 Madagascar None 18 [20]
 Malawi None
 Mali None 18 [21]
 Mauritius 18 A person must be 18 years old to purchase or to smoke cigarettes including any tobacco products as is indicated in Public Health (Restrictions on Tobacco Products) Regulations 1999, Sec. 2(e)(i)).
 Morocco None
 Mozambique None 18 [22]
 Namibia None 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor.[23]
No minimum age prior to 14 April 2010.
 Niger None
18 (to enter smoking room or facility) 		18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor. Minors may not enter any smoking room or facility where smoking is permitted by law.[24]
No minimum age prior to 17 July 2008.
 Nigeria None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco products to a minor.[25]
 Republic of the Congo None
 Rwanda None 18 It is prohibited to involve a person under 18 in the buying, selling and exchanging of tobacco and tobacco products. It is also prohibited for the seller to sell tobacco and tobacco products to a person under 18.[26]
 São Tomé and Príncipe None 16 [27]
 Senegal None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years. (Chapitre III.- Accès aux produits du tabac: Article 17 Il est interdit de vendre ou d'offrir aux mineurs ou de faire vendre ou de faire offrir par les mineurs du tabac ou tout produit du tabac.)[28]
 Seychelles 18 [29]
 Somalia None
 South Africa 18 It is illegal to sell or supply any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18.[30]
 South Sudan None
 Swaziland None 18 It is illegal to sell and give tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[31]
 Sudan None
18 (to enter smoking room or facility) 		18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a minor. Anyone under the age of 18 may also not handle, store, work or produce with tobacco or within such a facility.[32]
 Tanzania 18 It is unlawful to sell or give tobacco products to a minor, and to smoke such tobacco products if the individual is younger than 18 years.[33]
 Togo None 18 It is illegal to sell or give any tobacco product to a minor.[34]
 Tunisia None [35]
 Uganda None 21 It is now illegal for a person below the age of 21 to access cigarettes.[36]
 Zambia None 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under age 16. No minimum age for consumption and possession in public.
No minimum age prior to 1 January 1993.[37]
 Zimbabwe None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. Minors may not sell tobacco.[38]

Americas

Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States as of December 2019*
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18

*May include laws that have not yet gone into effect.
Country De jure Notes
Smoking age Purchase age
 Antigua and Barbuda None Antigua and Barbuda doesn't have any restrictions towards selling tobacco to minors or smoking in general.[39]
 Argentina None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors.[40]
 Bahamas None 18 [41]
 Belize None
 Bermuda None 18 No person shall sell or supply any cigarettes, tobacco or tobacco products to a minor. A person selling or supplying any cigarettes, tobacco or tobacco products to a person who appears to be under 25 years of age shall, before selling or supplying them, ensure, by requiring photo identification, that the latter person is not a minor.[42]
 Bolivia None 18 The sale of tobacco products to minors under the age of 18 years is prohibited.[43]
 Brazil None 18 It is illegal to "sell Products whose ingredients can cause physical or psychic dependence, even if only through improper use" (...). This also includes tobacco products of any kind.[44]
 British Virgin Islands None 18 It is illegal to sell or offer to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years. It is not illegal for minors to purchase, possess or consume tobacco.[45]
 Canada
 Chile None 18 It is illegal to sell any form of tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[61]
 Colombia None 18 It is forbidden for any individual or legal entity to directly or indirectly sell tobacco products and its derivatives in any of its presentations to minors under the age of 18 years. In case of question, one must ask each tobacco purchaser to show that he has reached majority age.[62]
 Costa Rica None 18 Tobacco products may not be sold to minors. Wholesale or retail vendors of products shall have the obligation, at their own expense, to display posters that are visible, clear and prominently placed on the inside of places of sale, stating that the sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited.[63]
 Cuba None 18 Minors cannot legally buy tobacco,[64] but stores may sell it to those who look 13 or older.[65]
 Cayman Islands None 18 Tobacco Law, 2007 Part V – Section 10: No person shall sell tobacco to a minor.[66]
 Dominican Republic None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[67]
 Ecuador None 18 It is illegal to sell or let sell tobacco to or by a minor.[68]
 El Salvador None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a minor.[69]
 Falkland Islands None
 Guatemala 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Public consumption of tobacco by minors is prohibited. (El decreto 90–97, Código de Salud, indica en su artículo 50)[70]
 Guyana None 18 No tobacco may be sold or furnished to a minor.[71]
 Haiti None 18
 Honduras None 21 The sale and gifting of tobacco-derived products to persons under 21 years of age is prohibited.[72]
 Jamaica None 18 [73]
 Mexico None 18 [74]
 Nicaragua None 18 [75]
 Panama None 18 The sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited.[76]
 Paraguay None 18 It is unlawful to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[77]
 Peru 18 The sale of tobacco products to/by minors under the age of 18 is prohibited.[78]
 Trinidad and Tobago None 18 Tobacco shall not be sold to or by a child under the age of 18 years.[79]
 United States Varies by state 21
See also: U.S. history of tobacco minimum purchase age by state
Since December 20, 2019, the smoking age in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia has been 21.[80]
 Uruguay None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. A clearly legible notice with the sale ban to under anyone under the age of 18 years has to be placed inside and outside the premises.[81]
 Venezuela None 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to a minor anyone under 18.[82]

Asia

Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Asia as of 2022
  Illegal at any age
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 20
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 17
  Minimum age is 16
  No minimum age or unknown
Country De jure Notes
Smoking age Purchase age
 Afghanistan Illegal The Taliban outlawed tobacco in 2022.[83]
 Bahrain None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[84]
 Bhutan 18
Further information: Tobacco Control Act of Bhutan 2010
The sale of tobacco was illegal in Bhutan from 2004 to 2021.[85]
 Brunei 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise furnish tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. It is illegal for minors to possess, buy or consume tobacco products.[86]
 Bangladesh 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 16 years. Any police-officer in uniform or any other person or class of persons duty authorized by the Government has the power to seize and destroy tobacco products of anyone under the age of 16 years whom he finds smoking in public.[87]
 Cambodia None 18 Any act of selling or distributing all types of tobacco products to persons aged under 18 years or to pregnant women whose pregnancy is obvious or is realized must be punished with six days to one month in prison and a fine of 100,000 riel to 1 million riel.[88]
 China None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. No one shall smoke on school or education premises. Weakly enforced to not enforced.
No age limit prior to 29 December 2006.[89]
 East Timor None 17 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to persons under the age of 17 years.[90]
 Hong Kong None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise furnish tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[91]
 India 18 Current proposals are to raise the age to 21.[92]
 Indonesia None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to pregnant women or anyone under the age of 18 years.[93]
 Iran None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Violation will result in confiscation of tobacco from the minor and a fine for the salesperson.[94]
 Iraq 18
 Israel None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.
No minimum age prior to 12 November 2004.[95]
 Jordan 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. It is also illegal to provide water pipes in cafes, restaurants and similar places.[96]
 Japan 20 It is illegal to supply tobacco to persons under 20 years. It is punishable by a ¥10,000 fine.[97]
 Kazakhstan None 21 [98]
 Kuwait None 21 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 years.[99]
 Kyrgyzstan None 18 No minor shall sell or be sold tobacco products.[100]
 Laos None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 years.[101]
 Lebanon 18 It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco to a minor.[102]
 Macau None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years. It is not illegal for a minor to smoke or to obtain tobacco from a person of the legal age.[103]
 Malaysia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[104]
 Maldives None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. The retailer must ensure that the buyer is at least 18 years of age. Furthermore, a clearly legible notice has to be displayed at point of sale stating that tobacco sales to minors are illegal.[105]
 Mongolia 21
   Nepal None 18 It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco products to minors and pregnant women.[106]
 North Korea None 17 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[107] (The tobacco law does not define the word "minor", but age of majority is reached at the age of 17 years).
 Oman 18
 Pakistan None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years. A clearly legible notice with the sale restriction has to be placed at point of sale.[108]
 Palestine 18
 Philippines 18 Only people over 18 may buy cigarettes and tobacco due to the "STOP for Health Act". (Stop Tobacco and Other Products for Health)[109]
 Qatar None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[110]
 Saudi Arabia 18
 Singapore 21 Singapore takes a very stern view on underage smoking. The current smoking age in Singapore is 21 years old, after being raised from the previous 18 years old to 19 years old on 1 January 2019 then to 20 on 1 January 2020. It was raised again to 21 on 1 January 2021.

It is illegal to sell or give, directly or indirectly any tobacco product to any under-aged person, and anyone caught doing so will be subjected to harsh penalties.

Anyone caught selling tobacco products to an under-aged person will be charged in court and can be fined up to 5,000 Singapore dollars for the first offense, and up to $10,000 for the second and subsequent offenses. In addition, the store involved will have the tobacco license suspended for 6 months at the first offense, and permanently revoked for the second offense. However, if the store involved is caught selling to minors in school uniform, or to minors below the age of 12, the tobacco license will be permanently revoked even at its first offense.

Anyone caught buying tobacco products for an under-aged person will be charged in court can be fined up to 2,500 Singapore dollars for the first offence, and up to 5,000 for the second and subsequent offences.

Anyone caught giving tobacco products to an under-aged person will be charged in court and can be fined up to 500 Singapore dollars for the first offence, and up to 1,000 Singapore dollars for the second and subsequent offences.

It is illegal for minors to purchase, use or possess any tobacco product in public Minors caught doing so are usually given a warning or a 30-dollar composition fine, with their school and parents informed and follow-up actions taken by the school. Minors caught more than once will have to attend not less than two smoking cessation counseling session to have their offences compounded. Minors who fail to comply with the above requirements or if they are caught four or more times, they can be charged in court and be liable to a fine not exceeding 300 Singapore dollars upon conviction.[111]

 South Korea None 19 The age limit for purchasing tobacco is after 1 January of the year one's age turns 19.[112]
 Sri Lanka None 21 It is the law to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 21 years.[113]
 Syria None 18 It is unlawful to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[114]
 Taiwan 20 It is illegal to sell or provide tobacco to persons under the age of 18 years. It is illegal to force, induce or use other means to cause a pregnant woman to smoke. It is illegal for a pregnant women or a minor to smoke. No penalty is provided for pregnant women who smoke.[115]
 Tajikistan None
 Thailand 20 [116]
 Turkmenistan Illegal In January 2016, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedow reportedly banned tobacco sales in Turkmenistan.[117]
 United Arab Emirates 18
 Uzbekistan None 20 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to persons under the age of 20 years.[118]
 Vietnam 18 It is illegal for people less than 18 years of age use, buy, and sell tobacco products. It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco product to people less than 18 years of age.[119]
 Yemen None

Europe

Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Europe as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  Depending on jurisdiction

Note: Regulation by canton in Switzerland is below.
Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Switzerland by canton as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  No minimum age
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Country De jure Notes
Smoking age Purchase age
 Albania None 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to minors under the age of 18 years.[120]
 Armenia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors may not sell tobacco products.[121]
No minimum age prior to 24 December 2004.
 Austria 18 The minimum age is regulated by each federal state, but is nationwide 18 years. It is illegal in every state to sell or give tobacco products to a person under the age of 18 years as well as the consumption by a person under the age of 18 years in any public place.[122]
 Azerbaijan None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. The packaging of tobacco products must contain a warning that sale to minors is prohibited.[123]
No minimum age prior to 1 January 2002.
 Belarus None 18 (Decree No. 28 of 2002 Section 32. "It is banned to sell tobacco products to citizens (by citizens) of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens and individuals with no citizenship under 18 years old.")[124]
 Belgium None 18 ("It is forbidden to sell tobacco products to young people under the age of 18 and advertising for tobacco products is forbidden.")[125][126]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 It is illegal to sell and gift tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. It is illegal for minors under the age of 18 years to gift, sell and consume tobacco products.[127]
The minimum age was 15 years prior to 28 September 2004.
No minimum age prior to 9 March 1998.[128]