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

Taken from
Wikipedia: Regulation of electronic cigarettes
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
Smoking Age
18
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Legal
Salvia Divinorum
Legal / unregulated
Khat
Illegal

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