Legal smoking age



The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or use tobacco or cannabis products. Most countries have laws that forbid sale of tobacco products to persons younger than certain ages, usually the age of majority.

This article does not discuss laws that regulate electronic cigarettes.

Americas
Verkaufsalter für Tabakwaren in Nordamerika.svg, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States as of December 2019*''' {{legend|#fc8d62|Minimum age is 21}}{{legend|#8da0cb|Minimum age is 19}}{{legend|#66c2a5|Minimum age is 18}}
 * May include laws that have not yet gone into effect.]]

Cannabis age
Cannabis Purchase Age - North America and rest.svg for recreational use. In Mexico, Uruguay and cannabis-legal jurisdictions in the United States, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is identical to the tobacco purchase age (18 in Mexico and Uruguay and 21 in the United States). In Canada, the legal age to possess or purchase cannabis is 19 in all provinces and territories except Alberta (18) and Quebec (21). There are therefore three Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan) and two territories (the Northwest Territories and Yukon) where the age to purchase tobacco is lower than the age to possess and purchase cannabis, and one province (Prince Edward Island) where the tobacco purchase age is higher. Prior to December 2019, when the United States raised its tobacco purchase age to 21 in all states and territories, several U.S. states had tobacco purchase ages lower than their cannabis possession and purchase ages.
 * May include laws that have not yet gone into effect. Washington, D.C. allows recreational cannabis use, including sales.]]