Vape / E-Cigarette 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Legal; new regulations from 2025
Can I bring Vape / E-Cigarette into Switzerland?
Legal; new regulations from 2025
Full details
Switzerland permits e-cigarettes and vaping. A new Tobacco Products Act entering force in 2025 will regulate nicotine e-liquids similarly to EU TPD (20mg/ml limit, 10ml max refill volume). Until then, Swiss rules are more permissive than the EU. Travelers may bring personal devices freely.
Switzerland has generous duty-free allowances. Alcohol: up to 5L of alcoholic beverages below 18% ABV and up to 1L above 18% ABV for travelers 17+. Tobacco: up to 250 cigarettes or 250g of tobacco products (17+). General goods: CHF 300 (approximately USD $330) worth of goods per adult traveler per day for personal use. Watches: up to two watches may be imported duty-free for personal use, making Switzerland notable for watch purchases.
No special procedure is required for personal quantities of vape / e-cigarette arriving in Switzerland. Quantities above duty-free allowances must still be declared. Verify current limits with Federal Customs Administration (Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung — EZV / Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières — BAZG).
This page covers destination customs rules in Switzerland. 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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🇹🇭 Thailand
Completely banned. Possession carries criminal penalties.
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🇸🇬 Singapore
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