Regulation of electronic cigarettes

Current legal status of e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing or nicotine-free cartridges in the world:
  Legal to sell nicotine-containing and nicotine-free cartridges
  Legal to sell nicotine-free and nicotine-containing cartridges below certain level
  Legal to sell nicotine-free cartridges; illegal to sell nicotine-containing cartridges
  (De facto) illegal to sell nicotine-containing and nicotine-free cartridges
  Unknown

Regulation of electronic cigarettes varies across countries and states, ranging from no regulation to banning them entirely.[1] As of 2015, around two thirds of major nations have regulated e-cigarettes in some way.[2] A 2023 report by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that 34 countries had banned the sale of e-cigarettes.[3]

  1. ^ Etter, J. F.; Bullen, C.; Flouris, A. D.; Laugesen, M.; Eissenberg, T. (May 2011). "Electronic nicotine delivery systems: a research agenda". Tobacco Control. 20 (3): 243–8. doi:10.1136/tc.2010.042168. PMC 3215262. PMID 21415064.
  2. ^ Page, Barnaby (5 March 2015). "World's law-makers favour basing e-cig rules on tobacco". ECigIntelligence. Tamarind Media Limited.
  3. ^ "New Report: WHO urges urgent government actions to protect youth and prevent the uptake of e-cigarettes". www.who.int.

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