Smoking in Panama
Smoking is allowed and regulated in Panama. Under these regulations, the sale, online purchase, and import of cigarettes for trade is legal, but sales through vending machines are not permitted. There is a complete ban on all tobacco advertising including cigarettes. Packaging of cigarettes must carry health warnings, and there are legal restrictions on smoking in public places. The minimum legal age to purchase cigarettes is 18. The total taxation rate of 0.57 is also applied on cigarettes. In terms of prevalence rate, in 2024, an estimated 4.5% of adults were reported to be current smokers, including 1.9% of women and 7.2% of men. The total number of current smokers was reported to be 150,000 individuals. Smoking led to 991 deaths in 2021, representing 4.13% of all deaths in the country—2.59% of women deaths and 5.27% of men deaths.
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July 13, 2021 by vaping360.com
Panama Assembly Votes to Prohibit Vape Sales
Panama’s National Assembly has passed a bill that would prohibit sales of vaping products and restrict where they can be used. The vape product ban will not become law until signed by President Laurentino Cortizo, who vetoed an earlier version of Bill 178.
The new law would ban sales of all vaping products, with or without nicotine. The ban would also apply to heated tobacco products (HTPs) like IQOS. The bill was sponsored by the President of the Assembly, Deputy Crispiano Adames.
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