Philippines: e-cigarette regulation, July 2025

Product certification and registration with the tax authorities are mandatory. Changes to age and flavour restrictions are possible, and the government is considering banning disposables

Online sales are allowed in the Philippines, provided that age-verification mechanisms are in place and businesses are previously registered with the authorities.

Unlike most markets, the Philippines requires combined health warnings on product packaging.

This report provides detailed analysis of the regulatory framework for e-cigs in the Philippines, covering all policy areas from taxation, notification and labelling to advertising, product restrictions and public usage,

Dmytro Korchahin

Senior legal analyst
Dmytro holds a masters degree in International and European Union Law from Vilnius University, Lithuania. He also has a masters in law from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine and in the management of foreign economic activity from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. In 2019 he completed a four-month Erasmus+ exchange programme at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He started his PhD studies in EU environmental law at Vilnius University in 2021.

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