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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. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Country De jure Notes Smoking age Purchase age 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".) Angola None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors under the age of 18. Benin None 18 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. Burkina Faso None 18 Burundi None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18. Other tobacco products are not regulated. Cameroon ? Cape Verde ? Central African Republic ? Chad 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. Minors and pregnant women may not smoke in public. 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. Republic of the Congo 18 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 MINISTERIEL N°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.) Djibouti None 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor under the age of sixteen years. A notice with the sale restrictions has to be placed at point of sale. Egypt None (possibly) 18 (possibly) 16 (in some areas) (possibly) Equatorial Guinea 18 Eritrea None 18 Ethiopia None 18 ("No person may directly or indirectly give, provide or sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18.") Gabon None 18 Gambia None Ghana 18 Guinea-Bissau ? Kenya ? 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of eighteen years. There is no minimum age to possess tobacco or smoke in public. Lesotho ? Liberia 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor. Minors may not consume tobacco at any public place. Libya None 18 It is strictly prohibited to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of eighteen years. Madagascar None 18 Malawi ? Mali None 18 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 ? Mozambique None 18 Namibia None 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco to a minor. No minimum age prior to April 14th 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. No minimum age prior to July 17th 2008. Nigeria None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco products to a minor. Republic of the Congo ? Rwanda None 18 It is prohibited to involve a person under eighteen in, 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 eighteen. São Tomé and Príncipe None 16 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.) Seychelles 18 Somalia ? South Africa 18 It is illegal to sell or supply any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18. South Sudan ? Swaziland None 18 It is illegal to sell and give tobacco to anyone under the age of eighteen years. 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. 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. Togo None 18 It is illegal to sell or give any tobacco product to a minor. Tunisia None 18 Uganda None Zambia None 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 16 years. No minimum age for consumption and possession in public. No minimum age prior to January 1st 1993. Zimbabwe None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18. Minors may not sell tobacco. Country De jure Notes Smoking age Purchase age Antigua and Barbuda None Antigua and Barbuda don't have any restrictions towards selling tobacco to minors or smoking in general. Argentina None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. Bahamas None 18 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. Bolivia None 18 The sale of tobacco products to minors under the age of eighteen years is prohibited. 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. 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. Canada Chile None 18 It is illegal to sell any form of tobacco to a person under the age of eighteen years. 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 eighteen years. In case of question, one must ask each tobacco purchaser to show that he has reached majority age. 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. Cuba None 18 Cayman Islands None 18 (Tobacco Law, 2007 PART V - Section 10: No person shall sell tobacco to a minor.) Dominican Republic None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years. Ecuador None 18 It is illegal to sell or let sell tobacco to or by a minor. El Salvador None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a minor. Falkland Islands None Guatemala 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of eighteen years. Public consumption of tobacco by minors is prohibited. (El decreto 90-97, Código de Salud, indica en su artículo 50) Guyana None 18 No tobacco may be sold or furnished to a minor. Haiti None 18 Honduras None 21 The sale and/or gifting of tobaccoderived products to persons under twenty-one years of age is prohibited. Jamaica None 18 Mexico None 18 Nicaragua None 18 Panama None 18 The sale of tobacco products to minors is prohibited. Paraguay None 18 It is unlawful to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of eighteen years. Peru None 18 The sale of tobacco products to/by minors under the age of 18 is prohibited. Puerto Rico None 18 Trinidad and Tobago None 18 Tobacco shall not be sold to or by a child under the age of eighteen years. United States (50 states and integral territories) United States Virgin Islands None 18 [139] 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.[140] Venezuela None 18 It is illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to a minor.[141] This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Country De jure Notes Smoking age Purchase age Afghanistan ? 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.[142] 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.[143] 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.[144] China None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. No one shall smoke on school or education premises. No age limit prior to December 29th 2006.[145] Hong Kong None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise furnish tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[146] India None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco product to a person under the age of eighteen years. It is illegal to sell tobacco within a radius of one hundred yards of any educational institution.[147] Indonesia None 18 It is illegal to sell an supply tobacco products to pregnant women anyone under the age of 18 years.[148] Iran None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco products to anyone under the age of eighteen years. Violation will result in confiscation of tobacco from the minor and a fine for the salesperson.[149] Iraq ? Israel None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor. No minimum age prior to November 12th 2004.[150] Jordan None 18 (Consumption of water pipes on premises) 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a minor. It is also illegal to provide water pipes in cafes, restaurants and similar places.[151] Japan 20 Supplying tobacco to persons under 20 is punishable by a ¥10,000 fine.[152] Kazakhstan None 18 [153] Kuwait None 21 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 years.[154] Kyrgyzstan None 18 No minor shall sell or be sold tobacco products.[155] Lebanon 18 18 It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco to a minor.[156] Macau None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to a person udner the age of eighteen years. It is not illegal for a minor to smoke or to obtain tobacco from a person of the legal age.[157] Malaysia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[158] 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.[159] Mongolia ? Nepal None 18 It is illegal to sell or distribute tobacco products to minors and pregnant women.[160] North Korea None 17 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to a minor.[161] (The tobacco law does not define the word "minor", but age of majority is reached at the age of 17 years). Oman ? 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.[162] Palestine ? 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)[163] Qatar None 18 It is illegal to sell cigarettes or any other tobacco to a person unter the age of eighteen years.[164] Saudi Arabia 15 Singapore 18 It is illegal to sell or give, directly or indirectly any tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 years. No minor is allowed to consume or to possess any tobacco product in public.[165] South Korea None 19 [166] Sri Lanka None 21 It is illegal to sell any tobacco product to a person under the age of 21 years.[167] Syria None 18 It is unlawful to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of eighteen years.[168] Taiwan 18 It is illegal to sell or provide tobacco to a pregnant women and anyone under the age of 18 years. It is illegal for a pregnant women or a child to smoke.[169] Tajikistan ? Thailand None 18 [170] Turkmenistan None 18 [171] United Arab Emirates Depending on the Emirate; in Dubai the legal age to buy tobacco is 18 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.[172] Yemen ? 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.[173] Armenia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors may not sell tobacco products.[174] No minimum age prior to December 24th 2004. Austria 16 The minimum age is regulated by each federal state, but is nationwide 16 years. It is illegal in every state to sell or give tobacco products to a person under the age of 16 years as well as the consumption by a person under the age of 16 years in any public place.[175] Azerbaijan None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. The packaging of a tobacco products must contain a warning that sale's to under minors are prohibited.[176] No minimum age prior to January 1st 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.")[177] Belgium None 16 ("Il est interdit de vendre des produits de tabac aux jeunes de moins de 16 ans et la publicité pour les produits de tabac est interdite.")[178] 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.[179] The minimum age was 15 years prior to September 28th 2004. No minimum age prior to March 9th 1998.[180] Bulgaria None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years.[181] Croatia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors. It is the resposebility 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.[182] Cyprus None 18 It 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."[183] Czech Republic None 18 Selling 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.[184] The minimum age was 16 years prior to September 2nd 1999.[185] Denmark None 18 The minimum age was 16 years prior to September 1st 2008.[186] Estonia 18 The 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.[187] Finland 18 Prior to October 2010 it was not illegal for minors to smoke in public. The minimum age was 16 years prior to March 1st 1995.[188] France None 18 It 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.[189] Vending machines outside a tobacco shop is prohibited. Prior to 21st July 2009 the minimum age to purchase tobacco products was 16 years of age. Georgia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to minors under the age of 18.[190] Germany 18 The Protection of Young Persons Act states that children and young people under 18 years of age shall not be sold tobacco pruducts nor should they be permitted to smoke in public. This does not apply to married adolescents.[191] Minimum age was 18 from June 10th 1943 until January 1st 1952.[192] Minimum age was 16 from January 1st 1952 to September 1st 2007.[193] Gibraltar 18 It 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.[194] The minimum age was 16 years prior to July 7th 2006.[195] Greece None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to minors.[196] Hungary 18 It 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. Iceland None 18 It is illegal to sell or deliver tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Minors may not handle or sell tobacco products.[197] No minimum age prior to January 1st 1985. The minimum age was 16 years from January 1st 1985 to October 1st 1996.[198] Ireland 18 The sale of tobacco to persons under 18 is illegal. It is illegal to buy or smoke cigarettes if you are under the age of 18.[199] The minimum age was 16 years prior to March 27th 2002.[200] Italy None 18 It 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.[201][202] Minimum age was 16 prior to January 1st 2013. Minimum age for electronic cigarettes was 16 prior to May 1st 2013.[203] Kosovo None 18 [204] Latvia None 18 The sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 is prohibited.[205] Liechtenstein 16 It is illegal for anyone under the age of 16 to possess or consume tobacco products.[206] Lithuania 18 No minimum age to smoke prior to May 1st 2015. Luxembourg None 16 It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 16 years.[207] No minimum age prior to January 1st 2006. Macedonia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[208] Malta None 18 "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 eighteen years, or in any manner induce such person to smoke."[209] Moldova None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18 years.[210] Montenegro None 18 It 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.[211] Netherlands None 18 The sale of tobacco to persons under 18 is illegal.[212] 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. Tobacco can be bought at every supermarket and at other stores. Norway None 18 (No age limit for use of tobacco but no sales of cigarettes or Swedish snus to people under 18 by law.[213] Vending machines are only allowed when they are cited inside an approved store, with a demand of buying a receipt from the cashier first.[214] and imitation tobacco products are not allowed. Cigarette commercials are also strictly forbidden by law. As of June 2004, smoking is prohibited in all public places, including restaurants, pubs and work places.) Poland None 18 Minors are not allowed to buy tobacco products.[215] Portugal 18 It 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.[216] Minimum age was 16 prior to January 1st 2008. Romania None 18 There is a ban on sale of tobacco to those younger than 18. Vending machines selling tobacco are banned. There is no minimum legal age of smoking. Russia None 18 Retail sales of tobacco products to any person under the age of 18 years are an offence.[217] Serbia None 18 The 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. Slovakia None 18 Tobacco sales to under 18 year olds are prohibited.[218] Slovenia None 18 It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18. ID-Card ord passport has to be shown if requested.[219] Spain None 18 It is illegal to sell any tobacco product or other smoking substances (e.g. electronic cigarettes) to a person under the age of 18 years.[220] Minimum age was 16 in most regions prior to January 1st 2006. Sweden None 18 It is illegal to sell or commercially distribute tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[221] No minimum age prior to January 1st 1997. Switzerland Turkey None 18 Ukraine ? 18 United Kingdom 16 18 England and Wales: It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of eighteen.[243] The minimum age to smoke in public is sixteen and authorities have the duty to seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of sixteen.[244] Minimum age to purchase was 16 prior to October 1st 2007. 18 Scotland: 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.[245] 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.[246] Minimum age was 16 prior to September 30th 2007. 18 Northern Ireland: A person who sells to a person under the age of 18 any tobacco or cigarette papers, whether for his own use or not, shall be guilty of an offence. A member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve may seize any tobacco or cigarette papers in the possession of any person apparently under the age of 18 whom he finds smoking in any street or public place.[247] Minimum age was 16 prior to September 1st 2008. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Country De jure Notes Smoking age Purchase age American Samoa ? Australia Fiji None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco to a minor.[258] Guam ? Micronesia, Federated States of ? New Zealand None 18 It is illegal to sell and supply tobacco to a minor. No minimum age prior to 1903. Minimum age of 15 years from 1903 to 1988. Minimum age of 16 years from 1988 to 1998.[259][260] Northern Mariana Islands ? Palau None 18 21 (Only rolling papers and elaus) 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 and elaus to anyone under the age of 21 years.[261] Papua New Guinea None 18 It is illegal to sell or give tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years.[262] Samoa None 21 It 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.[263] Solomon Islands None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco to a minor.[264] Tonga None 18 It is illegal to sell, give or otherwise supply tobacco to a minor.[265] Tokelau ? Vanuatu None 18 [266]
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State Sen. Richard Codey said he plans to introduce legislation that would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products in New Jersey to 21
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