Where is vaping legal?
How e-cigarettes (also searched as vaping, vapes) is treated in 177 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Legal / lightly regulated 89 countries (50%), including Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Philippines.
- Regulated 48 countries (27%), including China, Russia, Germany and France.
- Sales banned 40 countries (23%), including India, Brazil, Bangladesh and Mexico.
Legal / lightly regulated 89
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Somalia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Regulated 48
- Albania
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
Sales banned 40
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Chile
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- Oman
- Palestine
- Panama
- Qatar
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Gambia
- Timor-Leste
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: Regulation of electronic cigarettes; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.