Vaping on Holiday
By the end of February, when you’re well and truly fed up with winter, plenty of people start planning their summer holiday. In this short series, we want to take a closer look at travelling and vaping, because you can’t just vape wherever you like in every country, supplies aren’t available everywhere, and you still have to 
get to your holiday destination in the first place.
Let’s start with a simple question: Are there countries where you’re not allowed to vape in public?
Yes, there really are!
Brunei may be a rather exotic destination, but vaping is indeed banned there. If you’re caught, you’ll be hit with a hefty 300-dollar fine.
You’re not allowed to take e-cigarettes or e-liquids into Dubai. This reportedly also applies to tourists. In Japan, vaping itself is allowed, but nicotine isn’t. Importing nicotine for personal use as a tourist is also said to be banned. So you definitely don’t want to get caught with nicotine e-liquid.
In Jordan, the sale of vape products is banned – however, there is officially no known ban for tourists. In Cambodia, e-cigarettes are banned, and in Qatar, as in Brunei, tourists can get into serious trouble if they’re carrying e-liquids or vape gear.
In Oman, there are laws against vaping, although they’re said to be enforced somewhat at random – but it can still cause problems. Since in Singapore practically anything that might be fun is banned anyway, it’s no surprise that vaping is, of course, strictly prohibited too and can cost you fines of up to 10,000 dollars! Even better: if you don’t have enough spare change, you can even end up in prison for up to six months!
In Taiwan, the sale and import of vape products are banned. And in Thailand, it’s technically banned too, although tourists apparently don’t usually run into problems, and it’s also said to be possible to get supplies.
In South America, vape devices and e-liquids are banned wherever tobacco is grown – so in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Let us know about your experience: where did you run into obstacles? Where was it no problem at all?
