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E-cigarettes in Central America
This page holds everything we have relating to Central America, including our news briefings, regulatory and market reports, and our databases, live alerts and regulatory and market trackers.
Business briefing
Industry news and updates with a focus on companies and businesses in the sector
Regulatory briefing
Global legal and regulatory news and updates from the vape industry
Market reports
Detailed full-length reports including data and analysis of numerous vaping markets around the world
Snapshot: Costa Rica, June 2021
21st June 2021
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Regulatory report: Costa Rica
28th May 2020
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing guides for numerous markets around the world, updated twice a year and provided in database format
Regulatory trackers
Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world, presented in user-friendly maps and Excel spreadsheets
Global regulatory tracker: current regulation of e-cigs October
23rd October 2021
Brands trackers
Our online price benchmarking project, analysing multi-brand retail websites in selected vape markets
Flavour & nicotine trackers
Analytical insights of the most significant vaping flavours and nicotine strengths
Databases
User-friendly databases with key global analysis, statistics, directories and more
Key global e-cigarette markets database: November 2021
5th November 2021
Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
Introduction to the Central American vaping market
The Central American market is small, with few countries having developed a regulatory regime for such products. That said Costa Rica’s vaping market is fairly established, with e-cigarettes containing nicotine being regulated within the framework of tobacco products and other derivatives, while nicotine-free products are currently not regulated. In October 2019, a draft proposal was submitted that would regulate nicotine-free products by extending restrictions on public use and establishing a new tax system.
On the other hand, all types of advertising and promotion of nicotine-containing vapour products are forbidden in Panama, and e-cigarettes regardless of nicotine content are banned.
