What Is the Legal Age to Vape in South Africa?

At what age can you start vaping in South Africa?
In South Africa, the regulation of vaping falls under the purview of several key governmental agencies, each playing a distinct role in shaping and enforcing vaping-related regulations.
Vaping and e-cigarettes come under the same law as smoking. This law says that it’s illegal to sell any tobacco products to someone under 18.
South Africa’s laws do not make provisions for the sale of vapes to under 18s – but that hasn’t stopped us from doing our part to restrict the youth from accessing our products.
It is not bad to charge your vape with USB.

The study found that, on an annual basis, vaping is 7% less expensive than smoking for the average smoker.

The South African Government imposed a ban on the sale of all tobacco and vaping products between 27 March and 17 August 2020, as part of the COVID-19 lockdown.
The forms DA260 Excise Account for Tobacco Products in which the vaping products will be accounted for excise duty purposes were also amended accordingly to insert the vaping products.
In June 2023, South Africa will impose a flat excise duty of R2.90/ml on nicotine substitutes, including vaping products.

Dr. Catherine Egbe is concerned that the lack of regulation surrounding vaping products in South Africa has led to misleading claims that vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes, which may be industry propaganda.
Among the 5,583 learners in grades 8-12 (high school learners) who completed the survey, 15% used vaping devices.
A study conducted in 2022 across nine schools in three South African provinces found 15% of 5,583 surveyed high school students in grades 8-12 reported using vaping devices.

Vaping devices come in many shapes, flavours and colours. One vape sold on online retailer Takealot is shaped as an ice lolly.
In South Australia, it is illegal to possess a Schedule 4 poison (including nicotine) without a prescription, under section 18(3) of the Controlled Substances Act 1984.