Costa Rican health authorities have proposed a sweeping ban on oral nicotine products, a controversial measure that critics warn will inadvertently drive smokers back to combustible cigarettes and empower local drug cartels. This regulatory push occurs amid a broader national security crisis, threatening to make Costa Rica the first nation in the Americas to completely outlaw low-risk nicotine alternatives like pouches and gums.
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The Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica has officially dismissed an appeal (recurso de amparo) attempting to halt the country’s stringent new vaping regulations. The court ruled that the plaintiff—who claimed to use vapes for therapeutic purposes—failed to prove a concrete violation of constitutional rights. This decisive legal victory for the Ministry of Health clears the path for Technical Regulation RTCR 519-2025 to take full effect on August 6, 2026, establishing some of the strictest nicotine controls in Central America.
Read moreAda Acuña, a deputy from Costa Rica’s ruling Social Democratic Progress Party (PPSD), has introduced a bill aiming to completely prohibit the use, consumption, importation, and sale of vaping devices in the country. The initiative, filed under dossier 25.309, seeks to ban all activities related to electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), similar non-nicotine systems (ENNDS), and heated tobacco devices, including their components and accessories.
Read moreA legislative committee in Costa Rica has shelved Bill 24.624, which aimed to regulate the use of e-cigarettes (vapers) nationwide. The Commission of Social Affairs of the Legislative Assembly voted 5 against and 2 in favor of archiving the initiative, citing concerns with the bill’s current wording and approach, despite acknowledging the growing and complex reality of vaping.
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