What is the smoking age in Ethiopia?
18
Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
Ethiopia 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
- Djibouti
- Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 16.
- Eritrea
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Somalia
- Under 18 Somalia has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
- Kenya
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- South Sudan
- Under 18 South Sudan has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
- Yemen
- Under 18 Yemen has no legal minimum age for purchasing or smoking tobacco products.
Other laws in Ethiopia
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 21+
- Khat
- Legal
- E-Cigarettes
- Sales banned
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