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
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