Is vaping legal in Australia?
Legal / lightly regulated
E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
Australia is one of 89 countries classified “Legal / lightly regulated” for e-cigarettes — 50% of the 178 with data. (Also searched as vaping, vapes.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Timor-Leste
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Papua New Guinea
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Indonesia
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Palau
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Malaysia
- Regulated Malaysia regulates e-cigarettes, requiring prescriptions for nicotine products.
- Brunei
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
Other laws in Australia
- Cannabis
- Varies by region
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Legal
- Salvia Divinorum
- Illegal
- Khat
- Illegal
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.