Last updated: August 8, 2022

Regulatory Framework

Are e-cigarettes partly or entirely regulated under tobacco control laws?

Yes
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Analysis

Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371) (as amended) prohibits the import, manufacture, sale, and possession for commercial purposes of e-cigarettes.

Are e-cigarettes partly or entirely regulated under medicine or pharmaceutical laws?

Yes
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Analysis

If an e-cigarette is registered as a pharmaceutical product under Regulation 36 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations (Cap. 138 sub. leg. A), tobacco control provisions under the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Cap. 371) (as amended) do not apply.