What is the smoking age in the Central African Republic?
Under 18
Central African Republic has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
The Central African Republic is one of 21 countries classified “Under 18” for the smoking age — 12% of the 180 with data. (Also searched as minimum age to buy tobacco.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Smoking age
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Chad
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Cameroon
- Under 18 Cameroon has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
- Republic of the Congo
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- South Sudan
- Under 18 South Sudan has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Sudan
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Other laws in Central African Republic
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 16–17
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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