How old to buy cigarettes?

The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or smoke tobacco products. Most countries have laws that restrict those below a minimum age from legally purchasing tobacco products. read more

LAW PASSED: You Now Have To Be 25 Years Old To Buy Cigarettes! washington d. c. – A new law has been passed in the United States stating that you must now be 25 years old to legally buy and smoke cigarettes. read more

As of April 1, 1998, you must be 18 years old to buy cigarettes in most states in the US. In Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey, Utah, and Nassau, Suffolk, and Onondaga counties in New York you must be 19 years old to buy cigarettes. read more

Anti-smoking campaigners welcomed lifting the legal age for buying cigarettes. Government statistics show that 9% of young people aged 11 to 15 smoke, down from 13% in 1996. Most buy cigarettes from small corner shops. A trading standards survey in 2005 found that 12% of shops were willing to sell tobacco to children clearly under 16. read more