Vape / E-Cigarette 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Legal; nicotine strength limited to 20mg/ml
Can I bring Vape / E-Cigarette into United Kingdom?
Legal; nicotine strength limited to 20mg/ml
Full details
Vape devices are permitted for personal travel into the UK under EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) provisions retained post-Brexit (UK TRPR 2016). Nicotine-containing e-liquid limited to 20 mg/mL strength and 10 mL bottles. Disposable single-use vape ban took effect 1 June 2025 — personal devices brought through customs after that date may be confiscated if intended for resale, but personal-use carriage of remaining stock is permitted.
Rare — Enforcement reported rarely.
Leaving United Kingdom with vape / e-cigarette
Vape devices, personal e-cigarette hardware, and nicotine-containing e-liquids are generally free to export from United Kingdom at personal-use quantities. However, many destinations (Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, India in commercial quantities, and others) prohibit or heavily restrict vape import — always verify the destination-side rules before travel. Lithium-battery-powered devices should be carried in cabin baggage per IATA DGR (never in checked baggage).
Arriving in Great Britain from anywhere outside the UK: 4 L spirits or 9 L fortified/sparkling wine, plus 18 L still wine and 42 L beer; 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 g tobacco (or a proportional mix). Other goods worth up to £390, or up to £270 if you arrive by private plane or boat. Northern Ireland has different arrangements.
UK nicotine limit is 20mg/ml. Higher concentrations from abroad technically not compliant but personal use is unlikely to be challenged.
Personal use; max 20mg/ml nicotine
Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016
This page covers destination customs rules in United Kingdom. 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.
Related rules
Vape / E-Cigarette rules in other countries
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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