Tag:shop=tobacco

A store that sells tobacco and smoking accessories. It might also sell other convenience items, such as magazines, newspapers, sweets, and stamps.

How to map

Set a node or draw as an area along the shop outline. Tag it with shop=tobacco. Add name using name=* or use noname=yes to mark that shop has no name.

If the point of sale is a vending machine, add it separately tagged as amenity=vending_machine + vending=cigarettes.

Additional tags

• operator=* – Operator
• addr:*=* – Address information
• contact:*=* – Contact information
• website=* – Website
• phone=* – Phone number
• opening_hours=* – Opening hours
• lottery=yes – If they sell also lottery tickets
• stamps=yes – Whether they sell revenue stamps
• salt=yes – Whether they sell salt (from Italian Wiki – Discuss: Talk:Tag:shop=tobacco)

Reference number

In Europe, ref=* is de facto being used for the reference of the store. Typically, the value is taken from signage, and typically it refers to a local or regional municipality's or a governmental agency's list of authorized tobacco shops. The tag does not tell whether the mapper entered the tobacco-specific reference, if additional kinds of goods subject to State restrictions are sold (see below for the Italian Lotto example).

Italy (as of Q1 2023) de facto uses ref:tobacco=* and authorization=* for the tobacco reseller number, while ref=* has minor usage. The tags are discussed in this community forum thread. Most Italian tobacco shops also sell Lotto tickets, for which there is a second, independent authorization reference number (seen on the signage as Ricevitoria numero 111). In this case, authorization=* does not tell which authorization number it is. ref:tobacco=* allows to distinguish the tobacco authorization number from the Lotto authorization number without ambiguity.

Similar tags

The keys tobacco=yes (used more often, but the meaning is not documented or inherent) or sells:tobacco=yes (used rarely but has clear semantics) can be added to places that sell tobacco, but are not considered tobacco shops because they fall into a different typology and the sale of tobacco is not their main activity (e.g. a kiosk, a bar, a grocery store, a restaurant, ...).

Countryspecific documentation

Austria

• Check out the German language site Austria/Tabaktrafiken for tagging "Tabaktrafiken" and other tobacco selling points in Austria.

See also

• sells:tobacco=* – A property that indicates that you can buy tobacco at the place.
• shop=kiosk – For kiosks, i.e. small structures on the pavement selling magazines, tobacco, newspapers, sweets, and stamps.
• shop=newsagent – For shops that sell newspapers and magazines, and sometimes convenience items.
• shop=e-cigarette – For shops that sell only electronic cigarettes.
• shop=hookah – For shops that sell hookahs (also called shisha) and/or related accessories.
• amenity=vending_machine + vending=cigarettes – A cigarette machine is a vending machine that dispenses cigarette packs.