What is the smoking age in the Republic of the Congo?

18

Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.

The Republic of the Congo is one of 140 countries classified “18” for the smoking age — 78% 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
Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.

Nearby countries

Gabon
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Equatorial Guinea
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Cameroon
Under 18 Cameroon has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
São Tomé and Principe
Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 16.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Central African Republic
Under 18 Central African Republic has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.

Other laws in Republic of the Congo

Cannabis
Illegal
Drinking Age
18–20
E-Cigarettes
Legal / lightly regulated

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