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Cigarettes
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HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
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Afghanistan Flag
Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
Data sourced: 2025.   Page updated: 2025-04-02

Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs) are banned by law in Afghanistan. Under these regulations, it is illegal to sell, advertise, or market HTPs. The ban on these less harmful nicotine alternatives, compared to combustible cigarettes, will increase the demand for cigarettes in the country, putting smokers at risk of developing smoking-related diseases.

Product promotion

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Accessed: March 2025. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/policy-fact-sheets/afghanistan/summary
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/policy-fact-sheets/afghanistan/summary. Accessed: March 2025.

Regulation

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025

Availability

Year Value Reference/Comment
2019 No 1A
2025 No 1B
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025
  2. Tobacco Control Laws.January, 2025. https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies
No
2
2019
Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier No 1A
2019 No 1B
2019 No 1A
References:
  1. Philip Morris International website. Available at: https://www.pmi.com/smoke-free-products/iqos-our-tobacco-heating-system
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025.
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws.January, 2025. https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies
  2. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025
  3. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025.

Regulations and restrictions

Year Value Reference/Comment
2019 YES 1A
2019 YES 1A
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Heated Tobacco, Afghanistan. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/afghanistan/heated-tobacco-products/main-policies. Accessed: 3 March 2025
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