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Cigarettes
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
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Bangladesh Background
Profile
Bangladesh Flag
Cigarettes
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
Data sourced: 2025.   Page updated: 2025-04-01

As of 2017, there were 222.9 thousand current e-cigarette users in Bangladesh, with an adult vaping prevalence of 0.2%, and 0.4% of adults having ever tried e-cigarette vaping. In January 2025, Bangladesh passed a strict law regulating e-cigarettes, significantly tightening the legal framework around their use and distribution. Under this law, all forms of e-cigarette advertising are banned. It is now illegal to import e-cigarettes or nicotine for both personal use and trade. Additionally, the sale of e-cigarette devices and nicotine is prohibited, and purchasing these products online is also banned.

Prevalence

222.9 thousand
1 A
2017
0.2%
2 B
2017
Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 0.4% 3A
2017 0.4% 3A
References:
  1. Global Action to End Smoking. State of Smoking and Health in Bangladesh. Available at: https://globalactiontoendsmoking.org/research/tobacco-around-the-world/bangladesh/. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
References:
  1. 1. Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2017. Available at:https://nccd.cdc.gov/GTSSDataSurveyResources/Ancillary/DataReports.aspx?CAID=1 2. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  2. Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2017. Available at: https://nccd.cdc.gov/GTSSDataSurveyResources/Ancillary/DataReports.aspx?CAID=1.
  3. Global Action to End Smoking. State of Smoking and Health in Bangladesh. Available at: https://globalactiontoendsmoking.org/research/tobacco-around-the-world/bangladesh/. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
Comments:
  1. In Bangladesh, GATS was conducted in 2017 as a household survey of persons 15 years of age. A multi-stage, geographically clustered sample design was used to produce nationally representative data. There were a total of 12,783 completed individual interviews. World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
  2. In Bangladesh, GATS was conducted in 2017 as a household survey of persons 15 years of age. A multi-stage, geographically clustered sample design was used to produce nationally representative data. There were a total of 12,783 completed individual interviews.

Product promotion

References:
  1. The Business Standard. Tougher tobacco law looms with ban on loose cigarettes, vapes. Available at: https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ban-vapes-sale-loose-cigarettes-cards-974381. Accessed: 21 March 2025.

Regulation

Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier no specific law 1A
2025 Allowed 1B
2025 Banned 1C
References:
  1. Data cross-referenced where possible using the following sources :1. Vapetrotter website. Available at: https://www.vapetrotter.com/laws/ ; 2. Global tobacco control website. Available at:https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/node/14052 ; 3. Tobacco Control Laws website. Available at : https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/
  2. Global Tobacco Control. January, 2025. https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes; Anti smoking global. January, 2025. https://antismoking.global/world-map; Tobacco control laws. January, 2025. https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation
  3. Clearing The Air. Bangladesh bans vapes – and cigarette production increases. Available at: https://clearingtheair.eu/en/post/bangladesh-bans-vapes-and-cigarette-production-increases/. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
References:
  1. Clearing The Air. Bangladesh bans vapes – and cigarette production increases. Available at: https://clearingtheair.eu/en/post/bangladesh-bans-vapes-and-cigarette-production-increases/. Accessed: 21 March 2025.

Availability

References:
  1. Clearing The Air. Bangladesh bans vapes – and cigarette production increases. Available at: https://clearingtheair.eu/en/post/bangladesh-bans-vapes-and-cigarette-production-increases/. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
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