page_title: Smoking age
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Smoking age / Laws by region / Europe
context_page_description: The smoking age is the minimum legal age required to purchase or use tobacco products. Most countries have laws that forbid sale of tobacco products to persons younger than certain ages, usually the age of majority.
context_section_description: Disputed.
caption: Minimum age to purchase tobacco in Switzerland by canton as of 2015: 
    Minimum age is 18  Minimum age is 16  No minimum age