Benutzer:Oesterreicher12/Smoking age

The minimum age to purchase tobacco productes varies form country to country. Age ranges from 16 to 19 but can be as low as 14 or as high as 21.

Country MSA MPA Algeria No Minimum age No Minimum age

Argentina 16 18 Australia No Minimum age No Minimum age

Austria No Minimum age No Minimum age

Bahrain No Minimum age 18

Bangladesh No Minimum age 15 Belarus No Minimum age 18 Belgium No Minimum age Bolivia No Minimum age Bosnia and Herzegovina No Minimum age 15 Botswana No Minimum age 16 Brazil No Minimum age 18 Bulgaria No Minimum age 18 No Minimum age 18 Burkina Faso No Minimum age Cameroon No Minimum age Canada No Minimum age 18* 19* Cape Verde No Minimum age Chile No Minimum age China No Minimum age ? No Minimum age ? Hong Kong (special administrative region of China) No Minimum age 18 Macau (special administrative region of China) No Minimum age 18 Taiwan (province of China) No Minimum age 18 No Minimum age 18 Colombia No Minimum age 15 Congo, Republic of No Minimum age Cook Islands No Minimum age 15 Costa Rica No Minimum age 18 Croatia No Minimum age 18 Cuba No Minimum age 16 Cyprus No Minimum age 18 Czech Republic No Minimum age 16 No Minimum age No Minimum age Denmark No Minimum age No Minimum age Dominican Republic No Minimum age 16 Ecuador No Minimum age No Minimum age El Salvador No Minimum age No Minimum age Estonia No Minimum age 18 No Minimum age 16 Fiji No Minimum age 18 Finland No Minimum age 18 France No Minimum age No Minimum age Gabon No Minimum age No Minimum age Gambia No Minimum age No Minimum age Georgia No Minimum age No Minimum age Germany 16 No Minimum age Guinea No Minimum age No Minimum age Honduras No Minimum age 18 Hungary No Minimum age 18 18 18 Iceland No Minimum age 16 Indonesia No Minimum age No Minimum age Iran (Islamic Republic of) No Minimum age No Minimum age Ireland No Minimum age 16 Israel No Minimum age No Minimum age Italy 14 14 Jamaica No Minimum age No Minimum age Japan 20 20 20 No Minimum age Jordan No Minimum age No Minimum age Kenya No Minimum age 18 Kuwait No Minimum age 21 No Minimum age 21 Lao People's Democratic Republic No Minimum age 18 Latvia No Minimum age 18 Lithuania No Minimum age 18 Luxembourg No Minimum age No Minimum age No Minimum age No Minimum age Madagascar No Minimum age No Minimum age Malaysia No Minimum age 18 Maldives No Minimum age 16 Malta No Minimum age 16 Mauritius No Minimum age No Minimum age No Minimum age 18 Mexico No Minimum age 18 Mongolia No Minimum age 16 Nauru No Minimum age 16 Netherlands No Minimum age 18 New Zealand No Minimum age 18 Niger No Minimum age No Minimum age Nigeria No Minimum age No Minimum age Norway No Minimum age 18 Pakistan No Minimum age Palau No Minimum age 19 Papaua New Guinea No Minimum age 18 Philippines No Minimum age 18 Poland No Minimum age 18 Portugal No Minimum age 18 Republic of Korea No Minimum age 19 Romania No Minimum age 18 Senegal No Minimum age Singapore No Minimum age 18 Slovakia No Minimum age 18 Slovenia No Minimum age 15 Solomon Islands No Minimum age 18 South Africa No Minimum age 16 Spain No Minimum age 16 Sri Lanka No Minimum age 16 Sweden No Minimum age 18 Syria No Minimum age 18 Thailand No Minimum age 18 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia No Minimum age 16 Tonga No Minimum age 18 Trinidad and Tobago No Minimum age 16 Tunisia No Minimum age Turkey No Minimum age 18 Ukraine No Minimum age 18 United Arab Emirates No Minimum age 18 United Kingdom England, Wales and Scotland.

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United States of America 18 18* No Minimum age 18 Uruguay No Minimum age 18 Viet Nam No Minimum age 16