At seventeen in America, if your parents let you smoke is it legal?

Hello r:

It's not illegal for a 17 year old to smoke. It IS illegal to buy tobacco, however, and it IS illegal for an adult to buy tobacco for a minor. So, grow your own, dude.

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Hell I'm fifteen and I smoke, who cares if its legal

hell im fifteen and i smoke, who cares if its legal


It's not illegal.

It's not illegal.

You, but isn't it illegal for me to purchase it, with a fake id

It is illegal to smoke under the age of 18, just as it is illegal to drink under the age of 21. Purchasing cigarettes with a fake ID is just another way of getting in trouble.

ya, but aint it illegal for me to purchase it, with a fake id


That isn't what you asked. You said you smoke and who cares if it's legal. Your smoking is legal.

And apparently you're right, no one cares.

That isn't what you asked. You said you smoke and who cares if it's legal. Your smoking is legal.

How is his smoking legal if he is underage?

How is his smoking legal if he is underage?


I am not aware of any State where smoking under age is illegal - nor is the possession of cigarettes under age illegal.

Buying them with false proof - or anything else with false proof - is. It is also illegal to buy cigarettes for someone under legal age.

I think it's a catch 22. In theory you can't smoke because you can't buy cigarettes and no one can buy them for you.

Bunch of underage kids at a party, some drinking, some smoking. The drinking ones get carted off; the smoking ones get told how bad it is for their health.

If I'm wrong, please somebody come along and correct me. I just have never heard of an underage cigarette law -

Point well taken.