E-Cig regulations are needed to counter the illicit trade market

Public health experts have long been pointing out that consumers’ response to raising prices on vaping products or making them unavailable, is more often than not, turning to contraband products. In line with this, data from around the world have been indicating that all the vape bans recently set in place due to Covid-19, have been feeding this illicit trade.

In Egypt, the sales, distribution, and importation of e-cigarettes have been forbidden since 2015, when the Ministry of Health issued a ban in accordance with an earlier decision by the Specialized Technical Committee of Drugs in 2011.