Tobacco and Vaping Laws in Illinois

How Illinois law treats smoking and vaping age, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: The minimum age to buy tobacco products, electronic cigarettes (vapes) and alternative nicotine products in Illinois is 21. 720 ILCS 675/1(a), (a-5.1), (a-6); 720 ILCS 675/2(a), (a-5), (b)

Smoking and vaping age	The minimum age to buy tobacco products, electronic cigarettes (vapes) and alternative nicotine products in Illinois is 21. No one may sell, buy for, give samples of or furnish these products to anyone under 21, and sellers must check government photo ID of anyone who appears under 30 (online sellers must use third-party age verification). A seller who violates the age rules commits a petty offense with fines of $200, $400, $600 and $800 for first through fourth offenses within 24 months. A person under 21 who uses or displays a false or altered ID to get these products commits a Class A misdemeanor; the Act sets no penalty for a person under 21 merely possessing them. Penalties: https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072006750K2.htm (source note P.A. 102-558; 103-937, eff. 1-1-25; subsections (c)-(g) of Section 2 are blank). Source: 720 ILCS 675/1(a), (a-5.1), (a-6); 720 ILCS 675/2(a), (a-5), (b)

Smoking and vaping age

The minimum age to buy tobacco products, electronic cigarettes (vapes) and alternative nicotine products in Illinois is 21. No one may sell, buy for, give samples of or furnish these products to anyone under 21, and sellers must check government photo ID of anyone who appears under 30 (online sellers must use third-party age verification). A seller who violates the age rules commits a petty offense with fines of $200, $400, $600 and $800 for first through fourth offenses within 24 months. A person under 21 who uses or displays a false or altered ID to get these products commits a Class A misdemeanor; the Act sets no penalty for a person under 21 merely possessing them.

Penalties: https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072006750K2.htm (source note P.A. 102-558; 103-937, eff. 1-1-25; subsections (c)-(g) of Section 2 are blank).

Source: 720 ILCS 675/1(a), (a-5.1), (a-6); 720 ILCS 675/2(a), (a-5), (b)

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