Tobacco and Vaping Laws in Missouri

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

Short answer: Missouri's own statutes set 18 as the minimum age: sellers must refuse sales of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to anyone under 18, with clerk fines of $25, $100 and then $250, and mail/internet sellers fined $250 and then $500. RSMo §§ 407.926, 407.931, 407.933

Smoking and vaping age	Missouri's own statutes set 18 as the minimum age: sellers must refuse sales of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to anyone under 18, with clerk fines of $25, $100 and then $250, and mail/internet sellers fined $250 and then $500. A person under 18 who buys, tries to buy or possesses these products, or lies about age to buy them, commits an infraction; the products are confiscated, and a second violation also requires a tobacco education or cessation program if available. (Federal law separately sets a nationwide minimum sale age of 21, which the state statutes read do not mention.) Sales: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.926 and https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.931. Source: RSMo §§ 407.926, 407.931, 407.933

Smoking and vaping age

Missouri's own statutes set 18 as the minimum age: sellers must refuse sales of tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products to anyone under 18, with clerk fines of $25, $100 and then $250, and mail/internet sellers fined $250 and then $500. A person under 18 who buys, tries to buy or possesses these products, or lies about age to buy them, commits an infraction; the products are confiscated, and a second violation also requires a tobacco education or cessation program if available. (Federal law separately sets a nationwide minimum sale age of 21, which the state statutes read do not mention.)

Sales: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.926 and https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.931.

Source: RSMo §§ 407.926, 407.931, 407.933

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