Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are restricted items and can only be mailed in limited circumstances. Cigars may be mailed domestically. Customers are advised to review the Cigarettes, Cigars, and Tobacco Definitions and Mailability.

Exceptions for Mailing Cigarette & Smokeless Tobacco

Cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are mailable only in the below circumstances:

Intra-Alaskan and intra-Hawaiian shipments

Business/regulatory purposes

Small-quantity “gift” shipments to individuals

Individual returns of an unacceptable tobacco product to a manufacturer

Other Shipping & Packaging Requirements

Allowable cigarette or smokeless tobacco shipments must be approved by a Postal employee at a Post Office™. The Postal employee will verify that an individual recipient is of legal age to receive the shipment.

Tobacco Shipments to APO/FPO/DPO

When shipping to APO/FPO/DPO locations in foreign countries, USPS treats the mail as domestic mail, but shipping is still subject to those foreign countries’ prohibitions and restrictions. Customers should be aware that size and weight standards may differ from USPS standards. See International Country Listings to find country-specific prohibitions and restrictions.