What is the smoking age in Taiwan?
19+
Minimum age to buy tobacco: 20.
Taiwan 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
- Hong Kong
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Macau
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Philippines
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- South Korea
- 19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 19.
- Vietnam
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- North Korea
- Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 17.
Other laws in Taiwan
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Illegal
- Khat
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Sales banned
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