All you Americans...

[Nixy]

...what is the legal age to buy cigarettes there??

 

[Professur]

Why?

 

[Nixy]

I just saw a commercial saying that it's illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 18...and I'm pretty sure it's American...as I don't think I get any channels outside North America...despite the fact that I have digital cable.

See my other thread and you'll prolly see where I'm going with this.

 

[Professur]

Thought for a minute you were thinking of starting an underground cig smuggling operation.

 

[Nixy]

Thought for a minute you were thinking of starting an underground cig smuggling operation.

HAHA no no

 

[Professur]

Here's a better question. How many places allow you to own a firearm, drive a car, get married, vote, and legally have sex, before you're legally allowed to drink or smoke?

 

[Leslie]

Isn't it 18 here?

 

[A.B.Normal]

Isn't it 18 here?

Yep

Smoking
The legal age for purchasing cigarettes and tobacco in Canada is 18. Many restaurants no longer have smoking sections and city bi-laws vary across Canada regarding where you can and can't smoke. It is illegal to smoke in most public places.

http://www.trailcanada.com/canada/day-to-day.asp

 

[Leslie]

bi-laws. Hmm. as opposed to hetero-laws?

 

[A.B.Normal]

bi-laws. Hmm. as opposed to hetero-laws?

Completely missed that

 

[Nixy]

uh...I thought it was 19 here

 

[Leslie]

You're right


The Tobacco Control Act regulates how tobacco is sold and used. It is designed to help reduce smoking by young people and protect Ontarians from second-hand smoke.

Ontario Law prohibits the sale of tobacco to a person who is under 19

http://www.lambtonhealth.on.ca/smoking/toba_act.asp

 

[tonksy]

it's 18. it used to be 16 until i turned 16...then it was 18.

 

[ekahs retsam]

Yeah 18 to smoke, 21 to drink.

But you can party at any age!!!!

 

[Nixy]

18 to smoke...21 to drink...seems a bit backwards to me

 

[PrincessLissa]

Isn't it 18 here?

Yuppers. THey have gotten really strict about it too. I could buy them when I was 16 usually without even question.

 

[PostCode]

Yep. 18 to smoke, 21 to drink, 18 to die for your country.

 

[freako104]

I thought West VIriginia said the drinking age there is 18? otherwise its 21 and 18 to smoke anywhere

 

[tonksy]

I thought West VIriginia said the drinking age there is 18? otherwise its 21 and 18 to smoke anywhere

they may still but the story a few years back was that the federal government was applying pressure to the states that hadn't moved the drinking age. they were going to cut their highway funding or something similiar.

 

[Gonz]

Settle down everybody. San Francisco is beta testing the illegal to smoke anywhere laws & then all can be safe

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