What is the smoking age in South Korea?
19+
Minimum age to buy tobacco: 19.
South Korea is one of 18 countries classified “19+” for the smoking age — 10% 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
Other laws in South Korea
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Salvia Divinorum
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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