What is the smoking age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

18

Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of 141 countries classified “18” for the smoking age — 78% of the 180 with data. (Also searched as minimum age to buy tobacco.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Smoking age
Last checked
15 September 2026
How it was classified
Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.

Nearby countries

Burundi
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Rwanda
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Republic of the Congo
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Angola
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Zambia
Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 16.
Uganda
19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 21.

Other laws in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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