What is the smoking age in Malaysia?

18

Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.

Malaysia 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

Brunei
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Indonesia
19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 21.
Singapore
19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 21.
Cambodia
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Philippines
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Vietnam
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.

Other laws in Malaysia

Cannabis
Illegal
Drinking Age
21+
Salvia Divinorum
Legal / unregulated
E-Cigarettes
Regulated

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