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Minimum age at which a person can legally purchase or consume tobacco products

For broader coverage of this topic, seeTobacco control.
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

Thesmoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or usetobacco orcannabis products. Most countries have laws that forbid sale of tobacco products to persons younger than certain ages, usually theage of majority or thedrinking age .[1]

This article does not discuss laws thatregulate electronic cigarettes.

Laws by region

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Africa

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This list isincomplete; you can help byadding missing items.(June 2019)
Minimum age to purchase tobacco inAfrica as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  No minimum age
CountryDe jureNotes
Legal age to smoke any tobacco productsLegal age to buy any tobacco products
AlgeriaNone19It 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.[2]
AngolaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors under the age of 18.[3]
BeninNone18[4]
BotswanaNone18It 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.[5]
Burkina FasoNone18[6]
BurundiNone18It is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18. Other tobacco products are not regulated.[7]
CameroonNone
Cape VerdeNone
Central African RepublicNone
Chad18It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. Minors and pregnant women may not smoke in public.[8]
ComorosNone18The 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.[9]
Republic of the Congo18[10]
Democratic Republic of the Congo18It 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.)[11]
DjiboutiNone16It 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.[12]
Egypt18The sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 is prohibited.
Equatorial Guinea18[13]
EritreaNone18[14]
EthiopiaNone18"No person may directly or indirectly give, provide or sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18."[15]
GabonNone18[16]
GambiaNone
Ghana18[17]
Guinea-BissauNone
KenyaNone18It 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.[18]
LesothoNone
Liberia18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor. Minors may not consume tobacco at any public place.[19]
LibyaNone18It is strictly prohibited to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years.[20]
MadagascarNone18[21]
MalawiNone
MaliNone18[22]
Mauritius18A 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)).
MoroccoNone
MozambiqueNone18[23]
NamibiaNone18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor.[24]
No minimum age prior to 14 April 2010.
NigerNone
18 (to enter smoking room or facility)		18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor. Minors may not enter any smoking room or facility where smoking is permitted by law.[25]
No minimum age prior to 17 July 2008.
NigeriaNone18It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco products to a minor.[26]
Republic of the CongoNone
RwandaNone18It 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.[27]
São Tomé and PríncipeNone16[28]
SenegalNone18It 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.)[29]
Seychelles18[30]
SomaliaNone
South Africa18It is illegal to sell or supply any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18.[31]
South SudanNone
EswatiniNone18It is illegal to sell and give tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[32]
SudanNone
18 (to enter smoking room or facility)		18It 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.[33]
Tanzania18It 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.[34]
TogoNone18It is illegal to sell or give any tobacco product to a minor.[35]
TunisiaNone[36]
UgandaNone21It is illegal for a person below the age of 21 to access cigarettes.[37]
ZambiaNone16It 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.[38]
ZimbabweNone18It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. Minors may not sell tobacco.[39]

Americas

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Minimum age to purchase tobacco inCanada,Greenland,Mexico, and theUnited 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.
CountryDe jureNotes
Smoking agePurchase age
Antigua and Barbuda18[40]
ArgentinaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors.[41]
BahamasNone18[42]
BelizeNone
BermudaNone18No 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.[43]
BoliviaNone18The sale of tobacco products to minors under the age of 18 years is prohibited.[44]
BrazilNone18It 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.[45]
British Virgin IslandsNone18It 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.[46]
Canada
Regulations by province and territory:
Province/territorySmoking agePurchase ageNotes
Federal GovernmentNone18[47]It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to a minor under the age of 18.
The minimum age was 16 years of prior to 1994.[48]
Alberta18[49]It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to a minor under the age of 18.
British ColumbiaNone19[50]
ManitobaNone18[51]It is illegal to sell, give, buy for, lend or otherwise provide tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Parents can provide tobacco products to their children on private property. Further it is legal to supply tobacco to a minor if it is solely for use in traditional Aboriginal spiritual or cultural practices or ceremonies.
New BrunswickNone19[52]It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to anyone under the age of 19 years. It is also illegal to attempt to purchase tobacco on behalf of, or for the purpose of resale to, a person under the age of 19 years.
Newfoundland and LabradorNone19[53]It is illegal to sell, give or furnish, directly or indirectly, tobacco to a person under the age of 19 years.
Northwest TerritoriesNone18[54]No person shall sell or supply, or offer to sell or supply, tobacco or a tobacco accessory to a person under the age of 18. No one under the age of 18 years shall purchase or attempt to purchase tobacco or a tobacco accessory.
Nova Scotia19[55][56]No vendor or employee of a vendor shall sell or give tobacco or a tobacco product to a person under the age of nineteen years. No person shall purchase tobacco or a tobacco product on behalf of, or for the purpose of resale or give tobacco or a tobacco product, to a person under the age of nineteen years. No person under the age of nineteen years may possess tobacco.
NunavutNone19[57]No person shall sell or supply, or offer to sell or supply, tobacco to a person who is less than 19 years old.
OntarioNone19[58]No person shall sell or supply tobacco to a person who is less than 19 years old. No person shall sell or supply tobacco to a person who appears to be less than 25 years old unless he or she has required the person to provide identification and is satisfied that the person is at least 19 years old.
Prince Edward IslandNone21[59]No person shall sell or supply tobacco to a person under the age of 21 years. No person shall purchase or attempt to purchase tobacco on behalf of, or for the purpose of resale to, a person under the age of 21 years. It is legal to supply tobacco to a minor if it is solely for use in traditional Aboriginal spiritual or cultural practices or ceremonies. The minimum legal age for tobacco sales was raised from 19 to 21 on 1 March 2020, after a private members' bill passed third reading on 21 November 2019, and Royal Assent given on 28 November 2019. The bill exempted individuals born on or before 1 March 2001.
QuebecNone18[60]It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years. The operator of a tobacco retail outlet may not give tobacco to a minor. The operator of a tobacco retail outlet may not sell tobacco to an adult, if the operator knows the person is purchasing the tobacco for a minor.
SaskatchewanNone19[61]It is illegal to sell, lend, assign, give or send tobacco to anyone under the age of 19 years.
Yukon1919The Tobacco and Vaping Products Control and Regulation Act, effective 5 March 2020, replaced the 2008 Smoke-free Places Act. The new act includes the regulation of vaping and vapour products.
ChileNone18It is illegal to sell any form of tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[62]
ColombiaNone18It 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.[63]
Costa RicaNone18Tobacco 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.[64]
CubaNone18Minors cannot legally buy tobacco,[65] but stores may sell it to those who look 13 or older.[66]
Cayman IslandsNone18Tobacco Law, 2007 Part V – Section 10: No person shall sell tobacco to a minor.[67]
Dominican RepublicNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[68]
EcuadorNone18It is illegal to sell or let sell tobacco to or by a minor.[69]
El SalvadorNone18It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a minor.[70]
Falkland IslandsNone
Guatemala18It 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)[71]
GuyanaNone18No tobacco may be sold or furnished to a minor.[72]
HaitiNone18[citation needed]
HondurasNone21The sale and gifting of tobacco-derived products to persons under 21 years of age is prohibited.[73]
JamaicaNone18[74]
MexicoNone18[75]
NicaraguaNone18[76]
PanamaNone18The sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited.[77]
ParaguayNone18It is unlawful to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[78]
Peru18The sale of tobacco products to/by minors under the age of 18 is prohibited.[79]
Trinidad and TobagoNone18Tobacco shall not be sold to or by a child under the age of 18 years.[80]
United StatesVaries by state21 Since 20 December 2019, the smoking age in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia has become 21.[81]
UruguayNone18It 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.[82]
VenezuelaNone18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to a minor anyone under 18.[83]

Asia

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Minimum age to purchase tobacco inAsia 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
This list isincomplete; you can help byadding missing items.(June 2015)
CountryDe jureNotes
Smoking agePurchase age
AfghanistanIllegal for all agesTheTaliban outlawed tobacco in 2022.[84]
BahrainNone18It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[85]
Bhutan18 The sale of tobacco was illegal in Bhutan from 2004 to 2021.[86]
Brunei18It 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.[87]
Bangladesh16It 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 they find smoking in public.[88]
CambodiaNone18Any 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.[89]
ChinaNone18It 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.[90]
East TimorNone17It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to persons under the age of 17 years.[91]
Hong KongNone18It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise furnish tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[92]
IndiaNone18Current proposals are to raise the age to 21.[93] In May 2025, the Indian state of Karnataka enacted an amendment to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act that included raising the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years, prohibited the operation of hookah bars and increased penalties for violations.[94]
IndonesiaNone21It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to pregnant women or anyone under the age of 21 years.[95][96]
IranNone18It 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.[97]
Iraq18
IsraelNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.
No minimum age prior to 12 November 2004.[98]
Jordan18It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. It is also illegal to provide water pipes in cafes, restaurants and similar places.[99]
Japan20It is illegal to supply tobacco to persons under 20 years. It is punishable by a ¥10,000 fine.[100]
KazakhstanNone21[101]
KuwaitNone21It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 years.[102]
KyrgyzstanNone18No minor shall sell or be sold tobacco products.[103]
LaosNone18It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 years.[104]
Lebanon18It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco to a minor.[105]
MacauNone18It 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.[106]
MalaysiaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[107]
MaldivesNoneBefore 1 January 2007The sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2007 is illegal.[108]
Mongolia21
  NepalNone18It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco products to minors and pregnant women.[109]
North KoreaNone17It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[110] (The tobacco law does not define the word "minor", but age of majority is reached at the age of 17 years).
Oman18
PakistanNone18It 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.[111]
Palestine18
Philippines18Only people over 18 may buy cigarettes and tobacco due to the "STOP for Health Act". (Stop Tobacco and Other Products for Health)[112]
QatarNone18It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[113]
Saudi Arabia18
Singapore21Singapore 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.[114]

South KoreaNone19The age limit for purchasing tobacco is after 1 January of the year one's age turns 19.[115]
Sri LankaNone21It is against the law to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 21 years.[116]
SyriaNone18It is unlawful to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[117]
Taiwan20It is illegal to sell or provide tobacco to persons under the age of 20 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 person under the age of 20 to smoke. No penalty is provided for pregnant women who smoke.[118]
TajikistanNone
Thailand20[119]
TurkmenistanIllegal for all agesIn January 2016, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedow reportedly banned tobacco sales in Turkmenistan.[120]
United Arab Emirates18
UzbekistanNone21[121]In 2023, PresidentShavkat Mirziyoyev signed a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol and nicotine products to those under 21 years of age, increasing it from 20 years.[121]
Vietnam18It 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.[122]
YemenNone

Europe

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Legend
Minimum age to purchase and consume tobacco products
Minimum age to purchase tobacco product, but no minimum age to consume tobacco products
No minimum age to purchase and consume tobacco products
Minimum age to purchase tobacco inEurope as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  Depending on jurisdiction

Note: Regulation bycanton in Switzerland is below.
Minimum age to purchase tobacco inSwitzerland by canton as of 2015:
  Minimum age is 18
  Minimum age is 16
  No minimum age
CountryDe jureNotes
Smoking agePurchase age
AlbaniaNone18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to minors under the age of 18 years. Contrary to that, a lot of salesmen sell cigarettes to minors in Albania. Acquiring tobacco products is very easy for minors despite the law.[123]
ArmeniaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors may not sell tobacco products.[124]
No minimum age prior to 24 December 2004.
Austria18The 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.[125]
AzerbaijanNone18It 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.[126]
No minimum age prior to 1 January 2002.
BelarusNone18(Decree No. 28 of 2002Section 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.")[127]
BelgiumNone18("It is forbidden to sell tobacco products to young people under the age of 18 and advertising for tobacco products is forbidden.")[128][129]
Bosnia and Herzegovina18It 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.[130]
The minimum age was 15 years prior to 28 September 2004.
No minimum age prior to 9 March 1998.[131]
BulgariaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[132]
CroatiaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. It is the responsibility of any salesperson to ensure that no tobacco is sold to minors and therefore to request an ID to make sure that the purchaser is at least 18 years of age. Minors may not sell tobacco products.[133]
CyprusNone18It is illegal to sell or otherwise provide tobacco products to a minor.
"(...)any person who provides a tobacco product to a minor is guilty of offense and in any case of his/her conviction, he/she shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding one thousand pounds or to incarceration not exceeding six months and/or to both penalties."[134]
Czech RepublicNone18Selling tobacco products to anyone under 18 is prohibited. Sale of tobacco products and tobacco through vending machines is permitted if the tobacco purchase age is not violated. The seller shall place a clearly visible notice displaying the sale restrictions of tobacco to person under the age of 18. A person selling tobacco must be 18 years or older, unless the minor is preparing for a future career in the hotel or tourism industry, as a cook-waiter or salesman. However, it is very easy to get tobacco products for minors as many sellers do not check the age.[135]
The minimum age was 16 years prior to 2 September 1999.[136]
DenmarkNone18The minimum age was 16 years prior to 1 September 2008.[137]
Estonia18The minimum age to purchase tobacco products or to smoke in public is set at 18. Minors may not be in possession of, or handle tobacco products.[138]
Finland18Prior to October 2010 it was not illegal for minors to smoke in public.
The minimum age was 16 years prior to 1 March 1995.[139]
FranceNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors under the age of 18 years may not smoke in any school or on school property.[140] Vending machines outside a tobacco shop is prohibited.
Prior to 21 July 2009 the minimum age to purchase tobacco products was 16 years of age.
GeorgiaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors under the age of 18.[141]
Germany18TheProtection of Young Persons Act states that children and young people under 18 years of age shall not be sold tobacco products nor should they be permitted to smoke in public. This does not apply to married adolescents.[142]
Minimum age was 18 from 10 June 1943 until 1 January 1952.[143]
Minimum age was 16 from 1 January 1952 to 1 September 2007.[144]
Gibraltar18It is illegal to sell and furnish tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Any police officer may confiscate tobacco from a minor in public.[145]
The minimum age was 16 years prior to 7 July 2006.[146]
GreeceNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors.[147]
Hungary18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. It is illegal to smoke under the age of 18. The sale of tobacco is prohibited within 200 m of schools and health care units.
IcelandNone18It is illegal to sell or deliver tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors may not handle or sell tobacco products.[148]
No minimum age prior to 1 January 1985.
The minimum age was 16 years from 1 January 1985 to 1 October 1996.[149]
Ireland18The sale of tobacco to persons under 18 is illegal. It is illegal to buy or smoke cigarettes if under the age of 18.[150] There is a proposal to increase this to 21.[151]

The minimum age was 16 years prior to 27 March 2002.[152]

ItalyNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Violation is punished with a fine between €250.00 and €1000.00. If the law is violated more than once the fine is increased to €500.00 and €2,000.00 and a revocation of the tobacco license for at least 3 months.[153][154]

Minimum age for electronic cigarettes was 16 prior to 1 May 2013.[155]
Kosovo[a]None[156]
Latvia20The sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 20 is prohibited.[157] Any person aged 20 to 25 must show a valid ID when purchasing tobacco products.[158]
Liechtenstein16It is illegal for anyone under the age of 16 to possess or consume tobacco products.[159]
Lithuania18No minimum age to smoke prior to 1 May 2015.
LuxembourgNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[160][161]
No minimum age prior to 1 January 2006.
Minimum purchase age increased from 16 to 18 on 1 August 2017.
MaltaNone18"No person shall sell, supply or distribute by way of compensation or otherwise, any cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, tobacco products or smoking requisites to any person who is under the age of 18 years, or in any manner induce such person to smoke."[162]
MoldovaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[163]
MontenegroNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18. A poster with the sale restrictions must be placed at point of sale.[164]
NetherlandsNone18The sale of tobacco to persons under 18 is illegal.[165] Smoking of tobacco is prohibited by law in all public buildings and in public transport. As of 1 January 2004 every employee has the right to work in a smoke-free environment. All forms of tobacco advertising, promotion or sponsorship are prohibited. Smoking remains prevalent in the Netherlands despite these efforts. Until 2024, tobacco was easily available in supermarkets. Since 1 July, supermarkets and other food/beverage-centered shops have been prohibited from selling tobacco.
North MacedoniaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[166]
NorwayNone18No age limit for use of tobacco but no sales of cigarettes or Swedish snus to people under 18 by law.[167] Vending machines are only allowed when they are cited inside an approved store, with a demand of buying a receipt from the cashier first.[167]
PolandNone18Minors are not allowed to buy tobacco products.[168]
Portugal18It is illegal to sell or give any tobacco product to a minor as well as the consumption of a tobacco product in any public place by a minor. There is a proposition to ban vending machines in places accessible to people younger than 18.[169]
Minimum age was 16 prior to 1 January 2008.
Romania18There is a ban on sale of tobacco to those younger than 18. Vending machines selling tobacco are banned. There is a ban for minors to smoke in public places such as parks or streets, and the penalty can be a fine of 100-500 lei if minors get caught.
RussiaNone18Retail sales of tobacco products to any person under the age of 18 years are an offence.[170]
SerbiaNone18The sale to persons under 18 is prohibited. Contrary to that, a lot of salesmen sell cigarettes to minors in Serbia. Acquiring tobacco products is very easy for minors despite the law.
SlovakiaNone18Tobacco sales to under 18 year olds are prohibited.[171]
SloveniaNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18. ID-Card or passport has to be shown if requested.[172]
SpainNone18It is illegal to sell any tobacco product or other smoking substances (e.g. electronic cigarettes) to a person under the age of 18 years.[173]
Minimum age was 16 in most regions prior to 1 January 2006.
SwedenNone18It is illegal to sell or commercially distribute tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[174]
No minimum age prior to 1 January 1997.
 SwitzerlandNone18Since October 2024, theTobacco Products Act bans selling or giving tobacco products to a person under the age of 18 years. (Until 2024, regulations were regional, with 16cantons at 18 years, 8 cantons at 16 years and 2 cantons without any limit.)
TurkeyNone18
UkraineNone18
United Kingdom

16

(public possession de facto)

18

(purchase de jure)

England andWales:
It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18.[175] The minimum age to smoke in public is 16 and authorities have the duty to seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of 16.[176] Import: People 17 and older are entitled to a duty-free allowance for tobacco products.[177]
Minimum age to purchase was 16 from 1908 to 1 October 2007.

No minimum age prior to 1908. The incomingTobacco and Vapes Bill which is set to take effect in 2027 will ban persons born on or after 1 January 2009 from ever purchasing tobacco or vapes. This, if put in place, will effectively raise the legal smoking age year over year until it is fully illegal. A similar bill was passed in New Zealand but was dismissed before it came into effect.

18Scotland:
A person who sells a tobacco product or cigarette papers to a person under the age of 18 commits an offence. Any person under the age of 18 who buys or attempts to buy a tobacco product or cigarette papers commits an offence as well as an adult who knowlingly buys a tobacco product or cigarette papers on behalf of a person under the age of 18.[178] Any constable who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person in a public place is under the age of 18, and in possession of a tobacco product or cigarette papers may require the person to surrender the tobacco product.[179] Import: People over the age of 17 are entitled to a duty-free allowance for tobacco products.[177]

Minimum age was 16 prior to 30 September 2007.

18Northern Ireland:
A person who sells to a person under the age of 18 any tobacco or cigarette papers, whether for his or her own use or not, shall be guilty of an offence. A member of thePolice Service of Northern Ireland may seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of 18 whom he or she finds smoking in any street or public place.[180]
Minimum age was 16 prior to 1 September 2008.
  1. ^Disputed.

Oceania

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CountryDe jureNotes
Smoking agePurchase age
Australia
Regulations by state/territory:
Province/territorySmoking agePurchase ageNotes
Australian Capital TerritoryNone18It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a person under the age of 18 years.[181] Further it is illegal to buy a tobacco product for a minor.[182]
New South WalesNone18It is illegal to sell any tobacco or non-tobacco smoking product to a person who is under the age of 18 years.[183]
Northern TerritoryNone18It is illegal to sell any tobacco product to a minor or on behalf of a minors. It is illegal to smoke in a vehicle with a person under the age of 18 years present.[184][185]
QueenslandNone18It is illegal for an adult to supply a tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years; however, a responsible adult for a child does not commit an offence by supplying a smoking product to the child.[186]
South AustraliaNone18It is an offence to supply any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years.[187]
TasmaniaNone18It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.
Minimum age was 16 prior to 1 January 1997.[188]
VictoriaNone18It is illegal to supply tobacco to a minor. Smoking in a vehicle with a person under 18 present is an offence.[189]
Western AustraliaNone18It is illegal to sell, deliver or supply tobacco or smoking implement to a minor. Purchase on behalf of people under 18 prohibited.[190][191]
None18It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco to a minor.
FijiNone18It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco to a minor.[192]
Micronesia, Federated States of18It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco to a minor.
New ZealandNone18It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to a minor under 18 years.[193]
No minimum age prior to 1903.
Minimum age of 15 years from 1903 to 1988.
Minimum age of 16 years from 1988 to 1998.[194][195] New Zealand had adopted legislation providing for a ‘smoke-free generation’ by prohibiting the sale of smoking tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009, but in February 2024 the incoming coalition government repealed this law before it took effect. The United Kingdom currently has similar legislation which is set to take effect in 2027.[196]
PalauNone18
21 (Only rolling papers andelaus)		It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. If the purchaser appears to be under the age of 30 years, ID must be checked before sale. It is illegal to employ anyone under the age of 21 handling tobacco products. It is illegal to sell rolling papers andelaus to anyone under the age of 21 years.[197]
Papua New GuineaNone18It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[198]
Samoa21It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 21 years. It is not illegal for a person under the age of 21 years to possess or smoke tobacco in public.[199]
Solomon IslandsNone18It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco to a minor.[200]
TongaNone18It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco to a minor.[201]
Tokelau16It is illegal for a person under 16 to smoke tobacco.[202]
Vanuatu18It is illegal to sell tobacco to persons under 18. It is illegal for persons under 18 to smoke tobacco.[203]

Historical regulations

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  • Minimum age to purchase tobacco in the European Union as of 1995:   Minimum age was 18   Minimum age was 16   No set minimum age
    Minimum age to purchase tobacco in theEuropean Union as of 1995:
      Minimum age was 18
      Minimum age was 16
      No set minimum age
  • Minimum age to purchase tobacco in the USA as of 1989:[204]   Minimum age was 19   Minimum age was 18   Minimum age was 17   Minimum age was 16   No set minimum age
    Minimum age to purchase tobacco in theUSA as of 1989:[204]
      Minimum age was 19
      Minimum age was 18
      Minimum age was 17
      Minimum age was 16
      No set minimum age
  • Minimum age to purchase tobacco in the US prior to December 20, 2019:   Minimum age was 21   Minimum age was 19   Minimum age was 18
    Minimum age to purchase tobacco in the US prior to December 20, 2019:
      Minimum age was 21
      Minimum age was 19
      Minimum age was 18

Tobacco-free generation policies

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Tobacco-free generation policies and regulations prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals born on or after a particular date.[205]:

  • InAustralia a tobacco-free generation was proposed byIvan Dean in 2014, without successs. It that would have prohibited the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000.[206]
  • A law was proposed in theUnited Kingdom in 2023.[211] In 2024, the government changed and re-introduced theTobacco and Vapes Bill, still progressing through parliament.[212] It would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to persons born on or after 1 January 2009.
  • A law passed in theMaldives in 2025, as a second amendment to the2010 Tobacco Control Act.[213] It prohibits the sale, purchase and use of tobacco products by persons born on or after 1 January 2007.[214] Enforced since 2025, it is the world’s first generational tobacco ban.[214]

Cannabis age

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Minimum age to possess and purchase cannabis as of February 2026*
  Minimum age is 21
  Minimum age is 20
  Minimum age is 19
  Minimum age is 18

*May include laws that have not yet gone into effect. Washington, D.C. allows recreational cannabis use, including sales.

Since 2012, various jurisdictions throughout the world have legalizedcannabis for recreational use. InMexico,Uruguay and cannabis-legal jurisdictionsin the United States, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is identical to the tobacco purchase age (18 in Mexico and Uruguay and 21 in the United States). InCanada, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is 19 in all provinces and territories exceptAlberta (18) andQuebec (21). There are therefore three Canadian provinces (Manitoba,Quebec andSaskatchewan) and two territories (the Northwest Territories and Yukon) where the age to purchase tobacco is lower than the age to possess and purchase cannabis, and one province (Prince Edward Island) where the tobacco purchase age is higher. Prior to December 2019, when the United States raised its tobacco purchase age to 21 in all states and territories, several U.S. states had tobacco purchase ages lower than their cannabis possession and purchase ages.[215] InGermany, the legal age to possess and purchase cannabis is 18.[216]

Enforcement

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To reduce illegal sales, active enforcement is more effective than giving retailers information.[217] The retailer compliance with legislation can be assessed by test purchasing.[217] Under Article 16 of theWHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), most reporting Parties indicate that they ban sales of tobacco products to minors, and many have raised the minimum legal age of purchase. In the 2024 reporting cycle, several Parties reported increasing the minimum age, including the Cook Islands, Ethiopia, Ireland and the Maldives, which raised it to 21 years, and others reported expanding bans on sales to minors to cover additional tobacco and nicotine products and strengthening enforcement mechanisms and penalties.[218]

A 2024 systematic review inNicotine & Tobacco Research examining jurisdictions that raised the minimum legal sales age for tobacco to 20 or 21 found that higher ages of sale were generally associated with lower prevalence of cigarette smoking among people aged 11–20 years, particularly where age-of-sale laws formed part of broader tobacco-control measures.[219]

See also

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Youth rights
Organizations

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