Is vaping legal in South Africa?
Regulated
Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are scheduled drugs requiring a prescription and pharmacy sale.
South Africa is one of 48 countries classified “Regulated” for e-cigarettes — 27% of the 177 with data. (Also searched as vaping, vapes.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Lesotho
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Botswana
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Eswatini
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Namibia
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Zimbabwe
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Mozambique
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
Other laws in South Africa
- Cannabis
- Legal
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- 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.