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DEPARTURE RULE🇹🇼 TAIWAN

Taking vape / e-cigarette out of Taiwan

STATUS · PROHIBITED

E-cigarettes are banned in Taiwan, so there is no lawful personal export — devices found at departure are subject to confiscation.

Details

Taiwan banned e-cigarettes entirely under the 2023 amendment to the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act — manufacture, import, sale, and use are all prohibited, with fines for use. Because possession itself is unlawful, there is no personal-export pathway: travellers carrying vape devices through the airport risk confiscation and fines at security or customs screening, on departure as well as arrival. Travellers connecting through Taiwan should keep devices in checked or transit baggage and verify airline policy on lithium batteries (IATA DGR requires cabin carriage where devices are permitted at all).

Quantity limits

Zero — possession is prohibited

The other direction

INBOUND

Bringing vape / e-cigarette into Taiwan(prohibited)

Sources

VERIFIED · 2026-07-23Report a correction
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