Smoking age

The minimum legal age to purchase or smoke cigarettes or tobacco products varies from country to country. Most countries do not have a minimum age to smoke in public. To lower the rate of youth tobacco usage, the current trend is jurisdictions increasing the minimum age.

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Historical regulations

  • Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Europe as of 1995:
      Minimum age is 18
      Minimum age is 16
      No minimum age
  • Minimum age to purchase tobacco in the United States as of 1989:
      Minimum age is 19
      Minimum age is 18
      Minimum age is 17
      Minimum age is 16
      No minimum age
  • ^ "STATE "MINIMUM AGE" lAWS E_ _D 1989-1994". industrydocuments.library.ucsf.edu. Legacy Tobacco Documents. Retrieved 2015-07-06. 
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    Vietnam News 31 Mar 2025
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    The Times of India 31 Mar 2025
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    The Times of India 31 Mar 2025
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    Knoxville Daily Sun 30 Mar 2025
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    The Record 30 Mar 2025
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    AOL 29 Mar 2025
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    The Cincinnati Herald 29 Mar 2025
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    The Daily Mail 29 Mar 2025
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    The Daily Mail 29 Mar 2025
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    Google is moving on from smoke detectors and smart locks

    PC World 28 Mar 2025
    But while Google itself is exiting the smoke ... First up is the SC5 Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm from Residio-owned First Alert, which matches most of the same functions as the aging Nest Protect.
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    The Conversation 28 Mar 2025
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    BGR 28 Mar 2025
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