Country profile
Data sourced:
2022.
Page updated:
2024-12-23
Smoking in Tajikistan
3,539
Deaths
3539 people in Tajikistan die from tobacco smoking-related diseases each year.
Nicotine Vaping Devices
in Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, e-cigarettes are classified as tobacco products and are regulated by the Law on Limiting the Use of Tobacco Products. E-cigarettes cannot be displayed at the point of sale or sold to minors under 18 years. They must be sold in their original packaging, which must contain text and pictorial warnings about the related risks in a prescribed format, in the official language on the front – however, text in the lower back of the packaging can be in other languages. Information on ingredients and carcinogenic substances etc. must be listed and be of a certain size. Vaping in certain public places is prohibited, as well as in private vehicles with minors under 16 years.
Heated Tobacco Products
in Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, heated tobacco products are treated as tobacco products in accordance with the Law on Limiting the Use of Tobacco Products. This law defines tobacco products in such a way as to include electronic products that deliver nicotine. You can't advertise HTP in Tajikistan.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
in Tajikistan
You can't advertise NRT in Tajikistan.
Snus
in Tajikistan
Used in Scandinavia for more than 200 years, snus is providing smokers in Sweden and Norway with an alternative to combustible cigarettes. Find out what it is, and why it is considered a safer nicotine product in our briefing paper.
Pouches
in Tajikistan
Nicotine pouches are a relatively new product which can provide users of high-risk tobacco with an alternative that poses fewer risks to their health. Read more about nicotine pouches in our briefing paper
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