What is the smoking age in Sri Lanka?

19+

Minimum age to buy tobacco: 21.

Sri Lanka 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

Maldives
18 Tobacco sales are prohibited for those born on or after 1 January 2007.
India
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Bangladesh
Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 16.
Thailand
19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 20.
Nepal
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Bhutan
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.

Other laws in Sri Lanka

Cannabis
Legal (Medical)
Drinking Age
21+
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Illegal
E-Cigarettes
Sales banned

Every law in Sri Lanka → · What is the smoking age around the world? →

A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.