Vape / E-Cigarette 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Banned since April 2022
Can I bring Vape / E-Cigarette into Hong Kong?
Banned since April 2022
Full details
Hong Kong banned the import, sale, and manufacture of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (except IQOS-type heat-not-burn devices which remain legal) under the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021, effective April 2022. Penalties include fines up to HKD 50,000 and 6 months imprisonment.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 50000 HKD
- Imprisonment up to 6 months
- Criminal penalty
Occasional — Enforcement reported intermittently.
Permitted in transit. Hong Kong Customs allows bonded transit for personal-use vaping devices provided the passenger remains airside and goods stay in checked baggage. Since Tobacco and Smoking Ordinance amendments 2022 ban retail sale but do not impose criminal liability on transit passengers who do not clear customs, sterile transit is permitted.
Available. Customs and Excise Department accept voluntary surrender at all BCPs. Declare at Red Channel before secondary screening. Devices are logged and destroyed. No prosecution if surrendered proactively.
Hong Kong has very limited duty-free allowances. Tobacco: 19 cigarettes (approximately one pack), 1 cigar, or 25g of other tobacco per person. Alcohol: 1L of wine or spirits for personal use if arriving from outside Hong Kong. There is no general duty-free goods allowance for arriving passengers — Hong Kong has no sales tax or VAT, so the concept of a general duty-free personal goods threshold does not apply. Duties are only levied on a few specific categories.
Do not bring or send vape / e-cigarette to Hong Kong. Confirm current rules with Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department before travel; enforcement and penalties may change.
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Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021
This page covers destination customs rules in Hong Kong. Whether you can carry vape / e-cigarette through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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Completely banned. Possession carries criminal penalties.
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Banned. Importation and possession are criminal offences.
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🇦🇺 Australia
Nicotine vapes require a prescription. Recreational vapes heavily restricted.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Banned until 2019; now technically permitted for adults but heavily restricted at borders.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia
Vapes legal but nicotine liquid unregulated
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🇮🇳 India
Complete ban on e-cigarettes