What is the new cigarette law in the UK?

Proposed new legislation will make it an offence for anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 to be sold tobacco products – effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population. This has the potential to phase out smoking in young people almost completely as early as 2040.



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Please note, this is only an example and other combinations are also allowed. 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco* (including shisha tobacco) or 200 sticks of tobacco for heating. You can combine these allowances, provided that you do not exceed your total tobacco allowance.

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Smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces has been illegal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (pdf) since 2007 and in Scotland (pdf) since 2006. Smokefree laws have been extremely successful and popular, including among smokers.

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800 cigarettes • 200 cigars • 400 cigarillos • 1kg tobacco • 110 litres of beer • 90 litres of wine • 10 litres of spirits • 20 litres of fortified wine (for example, port or sherry). Please note that the country where you buy tobacco may have its own laws on how much tobacco you can buy or keep.

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Returning resident travelers may import tobacco products only in quantities not exceeding the amounts specified in the personal exemptions for which the traveler qualifies (not more than 200 cigarettes and 100 cigars if arriving from other than a beneficiary country and insular possession).

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There are no limits on the amount of duty and/or tax paid alcohol and tobacco that you can bring into the UK as long as they are for your own use or gifts and are transported by you.

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