List of Countries Where Vaping Is Banned

[Toby iVapour]

As Bangladesh bans vapes this week, I thought it useful to include a list where vaping is banned.

Bangladesh bans vapes - and cigarette production increases - Clearing the Air

Bangladesh has implemented a strict ban on all imports of vapes and nicotine pouches.

clearingtheair.eu

Countries where vaping is banned:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Hong Kong
• India
• Iran
• Japan (vaping non-nicotine e-liquid is legal)
• N. Korea
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Oman
• Palestine
• Panama
• Qatar
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Syria
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• Uruguay
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

If anyone notices any countries missing from the list, please post, and I can amend the list.
Likewise, the list can be amended as and when other countries decide to join this crazy club, or be taken off when they see sense!

 

[Netvaper]

Australia? Anyway I'm sure the list is equally as long for those countries that have banned smoking.

 

[Toby iVapour]

Australia?

Vaping isn't banned in Australia, just stupidly restricted (presently only available from pharmacies in a tiny selection with flavours restricted to tobacco, menthol and mint; and that's from the pharmacies which actually stock vapes).

Navigating Australia's new pharmacy-only vaping rules - a guide for vapers - Dr Colin Mendelsohn

FROM TOMORROW, 1 OCTOBER 2024, some vaping devices and low dose e-liquid (up to 20mg/mL nicotine) will be available in Australia without a prescription from brick-and-mortar pharmacies. Sale from online pharmacies is banned. This blog outlines the latest guidelines from the TGA and the...

colinmendelsohn.com.au

New regulations for pharmacy vape sales are a resounding failure - Dr Colin Mendelsohn

A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PHARMACIES has revealed that the new regulations intended to make low-nicotine vapes (≤20mg/mL nicotine) available without a prescription (as Schedule 3 medicines) have been largely ineffective. The survey of 305 pharmacies revealed that 99% of pharmacies (n=301) did not...

colinmendelsohn.com.au