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Vaping / E-cigsSaudi Arabia

What travelers need to know about vaping / e-cigs in Saudi Arabia. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.

Short answer

Vaping / E-cigs in Saudi Arabia: restricted — there are real limits travelers must follow.

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RESTRICTED

Declare any vape, e-cigarette or e-liquid at Saudi customs. ZATCA taxes electronic smoking devices and their liquids — with or without nicotine — as excise goods, and excise goods must be declared on arrival. They are not on ZATCA's traveller prohibited list, but Saudi Arabia publishes no duty-free quantity for them at all, so carry personal amounts only and expect to pay.

§ Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), "Goods Subject to Excise Tax", items 4 and 5; page-stamped Last Update 26 Aug 2026. Read with ZATCA "Official Goods Declaration" (customs-individual/Travel-pages/declare.aspx, art. 60 Common Customs Law, Royal Decree M/41 of 3/11/1423), ZATCA "Restricted or Prohibited Goods" (absence check, EN + AR), and SFDA Technical Regulation SFDA.FD 5005:2020 "Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems".
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