Smoking Laws
The legal age to smoke and/or buy tobacco in Scotland is 18.
Scottish laws prohibit smoking in public places which are ‘wholly or substantially enclosed’. It is an offence to smoke or to knowingly permit smoking in no smoking premises. Vehicles used for business purposes are also affected by the law. These include light and heavy goods vehicles, and public transport such as taxis, buses, trains and ferries, but exclude cars (private or company-owned).
Further information on the smoking laws in Scotland.
Drinking Laws
The legal age to drink and/or buy alcohol in Scotland is 18.
Currently it isn’t illegal to drink in public. However many areas have alcohol-free zones that target town centres and/or residential areas where there is a particular issue with drinking in public.
Driving and Alcohol
Driving with more than 22 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath is a criminal offence, as is failing to give a sample.