What is the smoking age in Cape Verde?

Under 18

Cape Verde has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.

Cape Verde is one of 21 countries classified “Under 18” for the smoking age — 12% of the 180 with data. (Also searched as minimum age to buy tobacco.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Smoking age
Last checked
17 September 2026
How it was classified
Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.

Nearby countries

The Gambia
Under 18 Gambia has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
Guinea-Bissau
Under 18 Guinea-Bissau has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
Senegal
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Liberia
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Mali
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Morocco
Under 18 Morocco has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.

Other laws in Cape Verde

Cannabis
Illegal
Drinking Age
18–20
E-Cigarettes
Legal / lightly regulated

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