It is not illegal to buy cigarettes for friends in different places, as long as the quantity meets the relevant regulations. Mail, cigarettes and cigars are limited to two per person. Mail tobacco and cut tobacco is limited to five kilograms per person. The user department shall deliver tobacco and its products by mail, and each person is limited to one at a time, and it is not allowed to mail more than one.

Is it illegal to sell cigarettes?

If you buy tobacco privately, it must be illegal. Whoever sells tobacco privately, in large quantities or in bad circumstances, commits the crime of illegal business operation, and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention according to law, and concurrently or exclusively fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. If it is bought and sold through formal channels, it is legal. Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

1. Without permission, engaging in franchise or monopoly commodities or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations;

2. Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

3, without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

4. Other illegal business operations that seriously disrupt the market order.

Legal basis: Article 3 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Tobacco Monopoly Law.

Users mail tobacco and its products, each person is limited to send one piece at a time, and multiple pieces are not allowed. Posts and telecommunications departments should strengthen acceptance and inspection, prevent the practice of multiple delivery or multiple delivery, and strictly package the mail to ensure the safety of delivery.