As of May 2023, Japanese e-cigarettes will not disappear in 2025.
On April 9, 2020, the Japanese government passed the "Corrected Act on the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places" (referred to as the "New Tobacco Control Law"). The new tobacco control law has a new definition of new tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes, and It is stipulated that from April 2021, new tobacco products such as e-cigarettes will be treated in the same way as ordinary tobacco products, and unified supervision will be carried out.