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E-cigarette vaping in Mexico

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Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
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Profile
Mexico Flag
Cigarettes
Traditional Smokeless
HTP
E-cigarettes
Snus
Pouches
NRT
Data sourced: 2025.   Page updated: 2026-08-10

Mexico bans the import, sale, distribution, display, and promotion of e-cigarettes. Despite this, data show that there were approximately 2 million adult current vapers in the country as of 2025. This shows that the adult current vaping prevalence was 2.6% overall, 1.8% among females, and 3.3% among males. In a survey in Mexico in 2017, 6% of participants stated that they had ever tried vaping.

Prevalence

2.0 million
1 A
2025
Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 1% 1A A
2023 2.2% 1B
2025 2.6% 1C B
References:
  1. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco, ENCODAT 2016-2017. Available at:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iktptvdu2nsrSpMBMT4FdqBIk8gikz7q/view
  2. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2023 cited in WHO. (2025). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030 (6th edn). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240116276
  3. Comisión Nacional de Salud Mental y Adicciones, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz e Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco ENCODAT 2025. Secretaría de Salud/ Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México.
Comments:
  1. Data on vaping prevalence in Mexico (in Spanish) can be found in the National Poll on Consumption of Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco. It is official government data and is publicly available. Data on e-cigarette usage is found in the tobacco section and a pdf version can be downloaded using the link. Around 59,000 people were polled in the survey.
  2. Population aged 18 to 65. Mexico, ENCODAT 2025
Year Value Reference/Comment
2023 0.9% 1A
2025 1.8% 1B A
References:
  1. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2023 cited in WHO. (2025). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030 (6th edn). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240116276
  2. Comisión Nacional de Salud Mental y Adicciones, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz e Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco ENCODAT 2025. Secretaría de Salud/ Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México.
Comments:
  1. Population aged 18 to 65. Mexico, ENCODAT 2025
Year Value Reference/Comment
2023 3.5% 1A
2025 3.3% 1B A
References:
  1. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2023 cited in WHO. (2025). WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030 (6th edn). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240116276
  2. Comisión Nacional de Salud Mental y Adicciones, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz e Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco ENCODAT 2025. Secretaría de Salud/ Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México.
Comments:
  1. Population aged 18 to 65. Mexico, ENCODAT 2025
6%
2 A
2017
References:
  1. Comisión Nacional de Salud Mental y Adicciones, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz e Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco ENCODAT 2025. Secretaría de Salud/ Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México.
  2. Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco, ENCODAT 2016-2017. Available at:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iktptvdu2nsrSpMBMT4FdqBIk8gikz7q/view
Comments:
  1. Population aged 18 to 65. Mexico, ENCODAT 2025
  2. Data on vaping prevalence in Mexico (in Spanish) can be found in the National Poll on Consumption of Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco. It is official government data and is publicly available. Data on e-cigarette usage is found in the tobacco section and a pdf version can be downloaded using the link. Around 59,000 people were polled in the survey.

Product promotion

Comments:
  1. Allowed or banned at place of sale or allowed or banned in all media.

Regulation

Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier Banned 1A A
2023 Banned 1B
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. Tobacco Control Laws. Legislation by Country/Jurisdiction Mexico. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/mexico/e-cigarettes/main-policies. Accessed: 23 July 2026.
Comments:
  1. Although restrictions are in place shops can be found in a large number of larger cities/towns
Yes
2 A
Yes
2 A
References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Legislation by Country/Jurisdiction Mexico. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/mexico/e-cigarettes/main-policies. Accessed: 23 July 2026.
  2. 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/
Comments:
  1. Although restrictions are in place shops can be found in a large number of larger cities/towns

Availability

References:
  1. Tobacco Control Laws. Legislation by Country/Jurisdiction Mexico. Available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/mexico/e-cigarettes/main-policies. Accessed: 23 July 2026.
  2. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=112. Accessed: 24 July 2026.

Regulations and restrictions

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