Azerbaijan Bans All Vape; HTPs Excluded

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Azerbaijan officially enacted a comprehensive ban on electronic cigarettes following amendments to the country’s tobacco legislation approved by President Ilham Aliyev, to take effect on April 1. Under the revised law, the import, export, production, storage, wholesale and retail distribution, sale, and use of electronic cigarettes and their components—including devices, cartridges, refills, and e-liquids—are prohibited nationwide.

The amendments classify nicotine-containing e-cigarettes as tobacco products and define electronic cigarettes broadly as any device that delivers vapor, with or without nicotine, through inhalation, regardless of format. Heated tobacco products are explicitly excluded from this definition and will continue to be regulated separately. The legislative changes are accompanied by amendments to the Tax Code and advertising law, removing disposable e-cigarettes and e-liquids from the list of excisable goods and updating advertising restrictions to align with the new classifications.