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RA 9211 Section 9

RA 9211 Section 9

Minimum Age Sales.

Section 9

SEC. 9. Minimum Age Sales. — Under this Act, it shall be unlawful: For any retailer of tobacco products to sell or distribute tobacco products to any minor; For any person to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products from a minor; For a minor to sell or buy cigarettes or any tobacco product; and For a minor to smoke cigarettes or any other tobacco products. It shall not be a defense for the person selling or distributing that he/she did not know or was not aware of the real age of the minor. Neither shall it be a defense that he/she did not know nor had any reason to believe that the cigarette or any other tobacco product was for the consumption of the minor to whom it was sold.

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CitationRA 9211 Section 9 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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