Vaping / E-cigs — Argentina
What travelers need to know about vaping / e-cigs in Argentina. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Vaping / E-cigs in Argentina: restricted — there are real limits travelers must follow.
Argentina swapped its vape ban for a registration regime in May 2026, but the rules exclude most American gear: single-use pre-filled vapes may not be imported or sold at all, e-liquid must be under 20 mg/ml nicotine (US pods are usually 50), tanks are capped at 2 ml, and tobacco is the ONLY permitted flavour.
Resolucion 549/2026 sets no monetary penalty of its own and routes enforcement to Ley 26.687 and its implementing decree. Within the registration regime, falsity in the sworn declarations filed for any register category is classed as a fault of maximum gravity, removing the product from the register until it is brought into compliance and without prejudice to any other sanction applicable under the rules in force. No traveller-facing fine for personal possession or personal use is published in this resolution.
§ Argentina.gob.ar, official normative database of the Ministerio de Justicia - original text of Resolucion 549/2026 del Ministerio de Salud (RESOL-2026-549-APN-MS), sanctioned 30-04-2026, published in Boletin Oficial no. 35901 of 04-05-2026 at page 116, together with its ANEXO I, read first-hand this run. The 180-day extension of the registry implementation deadline is recorded on the same official page as an Infoleg note citing art. 6 of Resolucion 796/2026 del Ministerio de Salud, B.O. 06-07-2026.Verified Sep 15, 2026