Is vaping legal in the United Arab Emirates?
Regulated
E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
The United Arab Emirates 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
- Qatar
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Bahrain
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Oman
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Kuwait
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- Iran
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Saudi Arabia
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
Other laws in United Arab Emirates
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 21+
- Khat
- Illegal
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