Can I Buy a Lighter at 15 in Colorado
Apologies if this thread should go somewhere else, but i couldnt really find anywhere appropriate to put it.
I just wunderd what/if there was an age limit on buying lighters?
Min age is 18 these days, since they put the smoking age up
I am not sure if they actually ID you though
Yeah, it's 18 but I've never been asked for ID for one.
Seriously!?!? I don't even smoke.. I just want one for camping! I thought the age limit would be 16 
Is it the same for matches aswell then?
(Original post by Born Frustrated)
Yeah, it's 18 but I've never been asked for ID for one.
I think it is for matches too, anything that could be related to smoking, solvents and alcohol is limited to 18 years+ (apart from liquour choccys, which is 16 for some reason lol)
i would suggest you buy one from you local newsagent as they're much less likely to ID you, places like Tesco ID for everything.
(Original post by Loz17)
I think it is for matches too, anything that could be related to smoking, solvents and alcohol is limited to 18 years+ (apart from liquour choccys, which is 16 for some reason lol)
yeah I always found it funny why they were 16 lol 
(Original post by Born Frustrated)
yeah I always found it funny why they were 16 lol
It'd probably take the 2 years to eat enough of them to get drunk.. 
(Original post by Degausser)
It'd probably take the 2 years to eat enough of them to get drunk..
And people always say if those 2 years I spent were a waste, but I have to say, it was totally worth it. 
(Original post by Degausser)
It'd probably take the 2 years to eat enough of them to get drunk..
haha yeah, I have a mental image of a 16 year old stuffing their face full now trying to get drunk :')
I got IDed buying a pack of skins, I was only buying them to get change for the bus!
I'd definitely say go to a local newsagents rather than a supermarket. I work at a supermarket, and they check I'm ID'ing people for such items every so often, if we fail we get retrained and if we fail again we get fired. So I think alot of supermarkets will ID to cover their own back
Holy crap this was nearly 9 years ago
Oh shoot so it was...I wonder if it's changed lol
(Original post by soph_surfs)
Seriously!?!? I don't even smoke.. I just want one for camping! I thought the age limit would be 16 Is it the same for matches aswell then?
Where i am from there is no age limit not sure about other places tho
Its 16 to buy lighters but 18 to buy lighter fluid
I tried buying a lighter today for when I do fieldcraft in ACF (Army Cadets) and it was a small newsagent and the guy asked to see some ID (needed to be 18) and I was confused because I never thought there would be an age limit on what age to buy a lighter, but it does make sense (to reduce smoking and arsen with minors). I didn't have any ID except a bus card, but that doesn't have my birthday on and I'm not 18 yet anyway
I don't know about England, but in Scotland the minimum age to buy a lighter is 16, and I know this because I bought one today and they did ID me (I'm 17). It might be different for other places this
Can I Buy a Lighter at 15 in Colorado
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