Kyrgyzstan

The law prohibits the use of e-cigarettes in indoor public places, indoor workplaces, and public transport but allows for designated smoking rooms in airports.

The law prohibits advertising and promotion of e-cigarettes.

The law prohibits e-cigarette sponsorship.

The law prohibits point of sale product display of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes must be kept in a closed cabinet.

The law does not address the sale of e-cigarettes via the internet. Therefore, the law is interpreted as allowing the sale of e-cigarettes via the internet.

The law does not specifically ban the use of flavors in e-cigarettes. However, the law states that packaging may not contain “any word or phrase that facilitates association of the product with a food product, a food additive or a medicinal product, including medicinal herbs, including those that create the idea that the product tastes like a food product or a medicinal product, including medicinal herbs (including words such as "cherry", "strawberry", "apple", "chocolate", "mint"), cognate, analogues of such words in foreign languages, as well as words translated from foreign languages into the state and (or) official languages, analogues of such words, signs, symbols and other designations”. Therefore, it is uncertain whether the use of flavors is banned in e-cigarettes.

The law does not address the use of specified ingredients or additives in e-cigarettes, such as vitamins or caffeine; therefore, there are no restrictions on the use of ingredients or additives in e-cigarettes.

The law requires e-cigarettes and e-liquid to display a text and pictorial health warning on 65% of the front and back of product packaging. The warning on the front must be in the state language (Kyrgyz), and the warning on the back must be in the official language (Russian).

The list and parameters of warnings are to be developed by the authorized state body in the sphere of health care and are approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Misleading packaging is prohibited, including “any term, description, trademark (trade sign), and(or) colors of trademarks (trade signs), symbolic or other sign that directly or indirectly create a false impression as to the product characteristics, and also that a certain product is less harmful than other similar products”.

In addition, packaging may not contain “any word or phrase that facilitates association of the product with a food product, a food additive or a medicinal product, including medicinal herbs, including those that create the idea that the product tastes like a food product or a medicinal product, including medicinal herbs (including words such as "cherry", "strawberry", "apple", "chocolate", "mint"), cognate, analogues of such words in foreign languages, as well as words translated from foreign languages into the state and (or) official languages, analogues of such words, signs, symbols and other designations”.

Packaging may not contain quantitative indicators of the content of resin, nicotine and carbon monoxide in smoke.

The law establishes a maximum nicotine concentration of 20 mg/ml.

The law does not contain device requirements.

Manufacturers and importers of e-cigarettes will be required to file annual disclosure reports, including information on products manufactured or imported in Kyrgyzstan, information on toxicological studies, and information on the compliance of those products with technical specifications.

The law prohibits vending machine sales of e-cigarettes and e-liquid.

The law prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes and e-liquid by street peddling and in the following places:

a) in buildings and premises of institutions, youth affairs agencies, social services, cultural and sports institutions, and in stadiums;

b) in buildings and premises of state and local self-government bodies;

c) at workplaces and in working areas of buildings, structures and premises;

d) in public transport, including taxis, on water-carriers and aircraft, and on local and long-distance trains;

e) in buildings and territories of educational organizations of all levels, organizations for children's recreation, regardless of departmental subordination and forms of ownership, in children’s play areas;

f) in buildings of healthcare organizations, regardless of departmental subordination and forms of ownership;

g) in buildings and premises intended for the provision of rehabilitation and spa services; and

h) in open areas during cultural and sports events, meetings, and actions.