Tag:shop=tobacco
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A shop selling tobacco, and possibly other convenience items ![]() |
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Group: shops |
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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=*
– Operatoraddr:*=*
– Address informationcontact:*=*
– Contact informationwebsite=*
– Websitephone=*
– Phone numberopening_hours=*
– Opening hourslottery=yes
– If they sell also lottery ticketsstamps=yes
– Whether they sell revenue stampssalt=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.