East Timor Background
Data sourced: 2023.   Page updated: 2025-04-01

East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, has banned e-cigarettes and vaping products. Under these regulations, the importation, sale, online purchase, use, marketing, and all forms of advertising of these products are prohibited in the country. These restrictive regulations put smokers, who are unable to quit, at greater risk of developing smoking-related diseases by limiting their opportunity to switch to less harmful nicotine alternatives.

Product promotion

No
1
2023
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier Yes A
2023 Yes 1A
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
Comments:
  1. Banned at place of sale and banned in all media.
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier Yes A
2023 Yes 1A
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
Comments:
  1. Allowed or banned at place of sale or allowed or banned in all media.
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.

Regulation

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Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier Banned
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. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.

Availability

No
1
2023
No
1
2023
No
1
2023
No
1
2023
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier No
2023 No 1A
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
No
1
2023
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2017 or earlier No
2023 No 1A
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
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Year Value Reference/Comment
2023 No 1A
2023 No 1B
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
References:
  1. Global Tobacco Control. Country Laws Regulating E-Cigarettes. Available at: https://www.globaltobaccocontrol.org/en/policy-scan/e-cigarettes/countries?country=145. Accessed: 21 March 2025.
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