Can you bring e-cigarettes or vapes to India?

• E-cigarettes

  prohibited

  The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019 makes it a criminal offence for any person to produce, manufacture, import, export, transport, sell, distribute, or advertise electronic cigarettes (or any part of one) in India — there is no personal-use or personal-baggage exemption in the Act's text.

  Section 7 penalty for a first offence: up to 1 year imprisonment and/or a fine up to Rs. 1,00,000 (one lakh); a second or subsequent offence carries up to 3 years imprisonment and a fine up to Rs. 5,00,000 (five lakh). This is a genuine, high-stakes traveler trap: a device that is legal and commonly carried in many other countries is a criminal offence to bring into India, not merely a confiscated item.

  Also covers: e-cigarette, vape, vaping device, e-liquid, juul, heated tobacco, e-hookah

  Checked 2026-08-13 — Source: Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019 (Act No. 42 of 2019), Sections 4 and 7

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