Is vaping legal in South Korea?
Legal / lightly regulated
E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
South Korea is one of 89 countries classified “Legal / lightly regulated” for e-cigarettes — 50% 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
- North Korea
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- 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 South Korea
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Smoking Age
- 19+
- Salvia Divinorum
- 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.