Is vaping legal in Germany?
Regulated
E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
Germany is one of 49 countries classified “Regulated” for e-cigarettes — 28% 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
- Luxembourg
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Netherlands
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Czech Republic
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Austria
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Belgium
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Liechtenstein
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
Other laws in Germany
- Cannabis
- Legal
- Drinking Age
- 16–17
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Illegal
- Salvia Divinorum
- Illegal
- Khat
- Illegal
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