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Data sourced: 2024.   Page updated: 2025-04-08

Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs) are banned by law in Sri Lanka, prohibiting their manufacture, import, and sale. These regulations are for tobacco products in general and may apply to HTPs as they are regulated under tobacco products: Health warnings on packaging are required, their marketing and advertisement are banned, and they cannot be used in public places. The minimum age for the sale of tobacco products is 21 years.

Product promotion

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka. Accessed: 19 March 2025.
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 19 March 2025.

Regulation

Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier Banned 1A
2024 Banned 1B
References:
  1. Personal communication with Philip Morris International
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 19 March 2025.
Yes
2
2024
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 19 March 2025.
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka. Accessed: 19 March 2025.

Availability

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 19 March 2025.

Regulations and restrictions

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka. Accessed: 19 March 2025.
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco Products, Sri Lanka. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/sri-lanka/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 19 March 2025.
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