What is the smoking age in the Maldives?
19+
The Maldives prohibits tobacco sales to those born on or after 1 January 2007, setting the minimum age at 19.
The Maldives is one of 19 countries classified “19+” for the smoking age — 11% 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
- Sri Lanka
- 19+ Minimum age to buy tobacco: 21.
- Seychelles
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- India
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Oman
- 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 18.
- Bangladesh
- Under 18 Minimum age to buy tobacco: 16.
- Somalia
- Under 18 Somalia has no legal minimum age for buying or smoking tobacco products.
Other laws in Maldives
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- E-Cigarettes
- Sales banned
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