Is vaping legal in the Netherlands?
Regulated
E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
The Netherlands 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
- Belgium
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Luxembourg
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Germany
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Denmark
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- France
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- United Kingdom
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal and regulated; disposable vapes are banned from June 2025 but reusable devices remain legal.
Other laws in Netherlands
- Cannabis
- Decriminalized
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Legal
- Salvia Divinorum
- Legal / unregulated
- Khat
- Illegal
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