Me and some friends are going to Spain in August, and we are 17. One of our parents has asked if we could get her cigarettes from Spain cause they are a lot cheaper. None of us will be 18. Will customs take them away from us when we come back to England?
Bringing back cigarettes from Spain
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If they are under your allowed limit without declaration, why would customs have any suspicion to search you? They rarely search people coming back in so I'd say you'd get through fairly easily.
Is possession/smoking under 18 actually illegal? I know the buying age is 18 now...
Is possession/smoking under 18 actually illegal? I know the buying age is 18 now...
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Not illegal to have on your possession. I reckon you will be fine.
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You'll be fine, just bring alcohol back too.
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No, it's 3200.
Thats a recommended limit, if they are for personal use then there is no limit in law
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*cries*
Not that I could fit more in my case without leaving everything else behind
Not that I could fit more in my case without leaving everything else behind
*cries*
Not that I could fit more in my case without leaving everything else behind
buy a bigger case then
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buy a bigger case then
I should have left everything as an excuse to go straight back!! *slaps forehead*
Shouldn't be able to buy alcohol at 17 in spain anyway...
Wasn't aware they were 18 as well over there.
Hopefully they arn't strict on alcohol out there anyway
, I'm off with three friends soon, all 17 except for me haha.The legal age for purchasing alcohol in both Spain and the UK is 18.
It really doesn't matter if they check your age before purchase or not.
Until you are actually 18 you don't have a "customs limit" for alcohol.
So if four of you are going and only one of you is actually 18 then a car full of alcohol is going to be difficult to explain as legally all of that alcohol is for the one 18 year old who isn't going to be passing it on to anyone else.
To both purchase and smoke tabacco in Spain you have to be 18 (Royal decree in 1988).
So ocne again, with the age restriction being 18 in the UK and same being in Spain any cigarettes you bring back will have to belong to the one 18 year old in your party and not to be passed on to anyone else.
As customs can and will take cars if they suspect not everything is above board all I'd recommend is you proceed with caution.
It really doesn't matter if they check your age before purchase or not.
Until you are actually 18 you don't have a "customs limit" for alcohol.
So if four of you are going and only one of you is actually 18 then a car full of alcohol is going to be difficult to explain as legally all of that alcohol is for the one 18 year old who isn't going to be passing it on to anyone else.
To both purchase and smoke tabacco in Spain you have to be 18 (Royal decree in 1988).
So ocne again, with the age restriction being 18 in the UK and same being in Spain any cigarettes you bring back will have to belong to the one 18 year old in your party and not to be passed on to anyone else.
As customs can and will take cars if they suspect not everything is above board all I'd recommend is you proceed with caution.
My mum baught back about 3000 cigs from Dubai duty free for my brother in law, got to heathrow airport and they were all siezed 
. They were asking for £70 duty for every 200 cigarettes, which my mum coudn't pay! 
They were saying you're only allowed 200 per person over 17 years old. This was after the law change from 16 to 18.
. They were asking for £70 duty for every 200 cigarettes, which my mum coudn't pay! They were saying you're only allowed 200 per person over 17 years old. This was after the law change from 16 to 18.
Meh 18? Why do all countries have 18 can't they be like Holland and allow alcohol and tobacco from 16 .
Always annoys me that when I'm on holls I can't buy any alcohol while I've been happily doing it for 14 months now here.
I would think any 16/17 yr old smokers are annoyed too by those rubbish foreign laws.
.Always annoys me that when I'm on holls I can't buy any alcohol while I've been happily doing it for 14 months now here.
I would think any 16/17 yr old smokers are annoyed too by those rubbish foreign laws.