Is vaping legal in North Korea?
Sales banned
E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
North Korea is one of 40 countries classified “Sales banned” for e-cigarettes — 22% 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
- South Korea
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Japan
- Sales banned Japan bans nicotine-containing e-cigarettes but allows nicotine-free ones.
- Taiwan
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- China
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Mongolia
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Philippines
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
Other laws in North Korea
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Smoking Age
- Under 18
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.