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E-cigarettes in South Africa
This section holds all of our site content that covers South Africa, including all news briefings, our full-length market and regulatory reports for the country and our extensive regulatory and market trackers. It offers easy access to all information and analysis that relates specifically to South Africa.
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
More Regulatory briefing Market reports
Detailed full-length reports including data and analysis of numerous vaping markets around the world
Market report: market expansion continues in South Africa
5th November 2020
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Global tobacco harm reduction policies: selected country overview
11th November 2019
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing guides for numerous markets around the world, updated quarterly and provided in database format
Online e-cig pricing: South Africa Q3 2020
15th October 2020
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 November 2020
6th November 2020
Brands trackers
Our online price benchmarking project, analysing multi-brand retail websites in selected vape markets
More Brands trackers
Flavour & nicotine trackers
Analytical insights of the most significant vaping flavours and nicotine strengths
More Flavour & nicotine trackers
Databases
User-friendly databases with key global analysis, statistics, directories and more
Key global e-cigarette markets database: November 2020
10th November 2020
Marketing & retailing
News and updates about the vaping industry, with a specific focus on the marketing and retailing side of the sector
More Marketing & retailing
Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
More Charts and infographics Introduction to the e-cigarette market in South Africa
South Africa is the largest steadily-growing e-cigarette market in Africa. The nicotine-containing e-cig market in South Africa is regulated through the South African Medicine Control Council.
According to the law, retailers do not have the right to sell electronic cigarettes without a permit. Additionally, e-cigarettes containing nicotine are not authorised to be sold outside pharmacies and can only be purchased with a doctor’s prescription.
A bill is currently with parliament that aims to legalise e-cigarettes with nicotine. E-cigs without nicotine are currently unregulated and are therefore unrestricted.
Illegal tobacco counts for almost 50% of the total South African tobacco market, which makes the country one of the top worldwide for the counterfeit cigarette trade. With this in mind, despite the tough regulation, electronic cigarettes are available all over the country.
The diversity of electronic devices has increased through the years.
