Legality
Nicotine legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of Nicotine has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Nicotine in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AustraliaNicotine is legal in Australia in combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine...
- BhutanNicotine in Bhutan is regulated principally through tobacco: nicotine-delivering tobacco products were...
- BrazilNicotine is legal in Brazil in regulated combustible tobacco and in medicinal nicotine-replacement therapy,...
- CambodiaNicotine is legal in Cambodia in combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine...
- IndiaNicotine remains legal in India in tobacco products and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine...
- MaldivesNicotine is legal in the Maldives in combustible tobacco (though a generational tobacco ban applies from...
- MexicoNicotine is legal in Mexico in combustible tobacco and medicinal nicotine-replacement therapy, but the...
- QatarNicotine is legal in Qatar in combustible tobacco and, as a medicine, in nicotine-replacement therapy...
- SingaporeNicotine itself is legal in Singapore as a tobacco constituent and in licensed nicotine-replacement therapy...
- ThailandNicotine is legal in Thailand in combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine...
- TurkeyNicotine is legal in Turkey in regulated combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the...
- United Arab EmiratesNicotine is legal in the United Arab Emirates in tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, and the...
- United KingdomNicotine is legal in the United Kingdom in tobacco, in nicotine-replacement therapy and in...
- VietnamNicotine is legal in Vietnam in combustible tobacco and in nicotine-replacement therapy, but the nicotine...
Not individually verified
For these 210 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that Nicotine specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia (France)
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe