Global e-cigarette policies: approaches, product classification and regulatory domains addressed (current to October 2016)
| Country | Regulatory approach(es) | Product classification(s) | Regulatory domain(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Decree; existing law; ruling | ENDS, tobacco | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale, vape-free (implicit) |
| Australia | Existing law; statement | Poison, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, importation, sale |
| Austria | Amended law; existing law; new law | Tobacco-related product, medicinal, medical device, consumer good | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, vape-free |
| Bahrain | Existing law; decision | ENDS, tobacco | Advertising/promotion, sale, vape-free |
| Belgium | Existing law | Medicinal, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, manufacture, sale, vape-free |
| Brazil | Decree; resolution | E-cigarette, tobacco | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale, vape-free (implicit) |
| Brunei Darussalam | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation), poison | Importation, sale, vape-free (implicit) |
| Cambodia | Circular | E-cigarette | Importation, sale, vape-free |
| Canada | Existing law; notice | Drug, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, importation, manufacture, sale |
| Chile | Resolution | Medicinal | Unclear |
| Colombia | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Advertising/promotion, manufacture, sale, vape-free |
| Costa Rica | Decree; existing law | ENDS, tobacco (derivative) | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, sale, vape-free |
| Croatia | Existing law | Consumer good, chemical product, tobacco (imitation) | Advertising/promotion |
| Czech Republic | Existing law | Medicinal, tobacco (imitation), consumer good, hazardous substance | Advertising/promotion, manufacture, minimum age, sale |
| Denmark | Existing law; new law | E-cigarette, medicinal | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, sale, vape-free |
| Ecuador | Decree; existing law | ENDS, tobacco (derivative) | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, sale, vape-free |
| Estonia | New law | Tobacco-related product, E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, sale |
| Fiji | Amended law/decree | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, manufacture, minimum age, sale, vape-free |
| Finland | New law | Medicinal, tobacco (imitation/substitute), tobacco-related product, e-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, importation, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, vape-free |
| France | Amended law; decree; existing law | Medicinal, e-cigarette, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, child safety, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, safety/hygiene, sale |
| Germany | New law | Tobacco-related product, e-cigarette, consumer good | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, vape-free |
| Greece | Amended law | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, distribution, manufacture, sale, vape-free |
| Honduras | Decree; existing law | Tobacco (derivative) | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, vape-free |
| Hungary | Amended law | Consumer good | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale |
| Iceland | Existing law | Medicinal, consumer product | Advertising/promotion, distribution, manufacture, importation, sale |
| Ireland | Existing law; new law | E-cigarette, medicinal, consumer good | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale |
| Italy | Amended law/ordinance; decree | Tobacco-related product, e-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety and hygiene, tax |
| Jamaica | Amended law; existing law | ENDS, medicinal | Distribution, importation, manufacture, sale, vape-free |
| Japan | Existing law; statement | Medicinal | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale |
| Jordan | Official letter | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, importation, manufacture, sale, vape-free |
| Kuwait | Decision | E-cigarette | Distribution, sale |
| Latvia | New law | Tobacco-related product, E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, tax |
| Lebanon | Decision | E-cigarette | Distribution, importation, sale |
| Lithuania | New law | Tobacco-related products, e-cigarette | Minimum age, advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, vape-free |
| Malaysia | Existing law | Poison, electrical appliance | Distribution, importation, minimum age, sale |
| Malta | Legal notice | Tobacco-related product, e-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, vape-free |
| Mauritius | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Distribution, sale |
| Mexico | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Advertising/promotion, distribution, manufacture, sale |
| Nepal | Notification | ENDS | Advertising/promotion, vape-free |
| Netherlands | Existing law; decree; order | E-cigarette, medicine, tobacco-related product, consumer good | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child-safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety and hygiene, sale |
| New Zealand | Existing law | Medicinal, tobacco, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale |
| Nicaragua | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Importation, manufacture, sale |
| Norway | Existing law | Medicinal, tobacco surrogate, e-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, importation, minimum age, sale |
| Oman | Decision | E-cigarette | Distribution, sale |
| Panama | Decree | ENDS, tobacco (imitation) | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale, vape-free |
| Philippines | Order | Medicinal, medical device | Child-safety, sale, vape-free |
| Poland | New law | Chemical mixture, Consumer good | Unclear |
| Portugal | Existing law | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety/hygiene, sale, tax, vape-free |
| Qatar | Circular; decision | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, sale |
| Republic of Korea | Amended Law; existing law | Tobacco, consumer good | Advertising/promotion, health warning labelling, minimum age, tax, vape-free |
| Saudi Arabia | Decision | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, sale |
| Seychelles | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Advertising/promotion, distribution, importation, manufacture, sale |
| Singapore | Existing law | Tobacco (imitation) | Distribution, importation, sale |
| Slovakia | Amended law | Tobacco/tobacco-free product intended to smoked | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, vape-free |
| South Africa | Ruling | Medicinal | Sale |
| Spain | Amended law | ENDS | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, vape-free |
| Suriname | New law | ENDS | Distribution, importation, sale |
| Switzerland | Existing law; statement | E-cigarette, consumer good | Importation, sale |
| Thailand | Existing law; notification; order | ‘Modern’ medicinal, tobacco (imitation), e-cigarette | Importation, manufacture, sale |
| Togo | New law | Tobacco (derivative) | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, tax, vape-free |
| Turkey | Amended law; circular; notice | Tobacco, e-cigarette | Sale, advertising/promotion, importation, vape-free |
| Ukraine | Amended Law | E-cigarette | Sale, vape-free |
| United Arab Emirates | Decision | E-cigarette | Advertising/promotion, importation, sale |
| UK | Existing law; new law; statement | E-cigarette, medicinal, consumer good | Advertising/promotion/sponsorship, child safety, health warning labelling, ingredients/flavours, minimum age, nicotine volume/concentration, reporting/notification, safety and hygiene, tax |
| USA | New law | Tobacco product | Advertising/promotion, child-safety, health warning labelling, minimum age, reporting/notification |
| Uruguay | Amendment/decree | Electronic smoking device | Advertising/promotion, importation, sale, trademarks |
| Venezuela | Alert, existing law | Medicinal, tobacco (derivative),consumer good | Advertising/promotion, sale, vape-free |
| Vietnam | Existing law | Tobacco | Advertising/promotion, minimum age, vape-free |
ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery systems.