Tobacco and Vaping Laws in Pennsylvania

The minimum age to buy tobacco and vaping products (including e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery devices) in Pennsylvania is 21, or 18 for active-duty or reserve military members and honorably discharged veterans. Selling or furnishing them to an underage person is a summary offense with fines of $100 to $250 for a first offense, rising for repeats (retailers face up to $5,000 for a fourth offense). An underage person who buys or tries to buy tobacco, or lies about their age to get it, commits a summary offense punishable by up to 75 hours of community service, a tobacco cessation program and/or a fine of up to $200; it does not go on the person's criminal record.