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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