E-cigarettes in Taiwan
This page includes all of our content relating to Taiwan, including our full-length market and regulatory reports, our extensive news coverage – both business and regulatory – our numerous trackers and databases, as well as our live alerts.
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
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Regulatory report: Taiwan
13th May 2021
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
Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
National vaping regulatory framework in Taiwan
In Taiwan, there is no product-specific legislation regulating e-cigarettes; however, the sale of e-cigarettes is heavily restricted if they contain nicotine, and, in practice, their sale is prohibited.
In general, e-cigs are subject to restrictions imposed by the following legislation based on the content of the substance, cannabis-related, nicotine-containing and nicotine-free. The Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act does not stipulate explicit terms for the sale, import or manufacture of e-cigarette products since in principle they are not a tobacco product, but this does not mean e-cigs are not subject to any tobacco product-specific restrictions.
Moreover, Article 14 of Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act bans the manufacture, import and sale of any objects in the form of tobacco products. The Ministry of Health and Welfare interprets this in a way that bans e-cigs that resemble traditional combustibles, regardless of the presence of any narcotic/nicotine substance or otherwise.
Similar rules imposed on these devices also apply to e-cig components. Importing components for the assembly of illegal e-cigarette devices is banned, and this includes e-liquid.
The enforcement of these rules is strict. In 2017, the Taiwan Taoyuan District Court prosecuted more than 20 people for the sale and importation of illegal and prohibited e-cigarette products.
