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Vape / E-Cigarette → Switzerland
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-04-24
Legal; new regulations from 2025
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.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Legal reference
Swiss Tobacco Products Act (2025)
Practical advice
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).
Customs authority
Federal Customs Administration (Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung — EZV / Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières — BAZG) · https://www.bazg.admin.ch