Nicotine Pouches in Denmark

Status
Legal, with rules
Sale banned
No
Minimum age
18 years
Nicotine cap
9 mg per pouch
Regulated since
—
Last reviewed
24 August 2026

Denmark treats nicotine pouches as tobacco surrogates and regulates them tightly.

Act no. 1669 of 2024 caps a single pouch at 9.0 mg of nicotine and allows only tobacco, menthol and mint flavours. Every other characterising flavour is off the market.

Sale to anyone under 18 is prohibited. Packaging must be plain and must carry a health warning.

The rules were phased in. Manufacture of the banned products stopped on 1 July 2025, and the transition period for existing stock ended on 1 April 2026, from which date the full regime applies.

What is restricted

  • Nicotine cap: Yes
  • Sale: Yes
  • Tax: Yes
  • Minimum age: Yes
  • Flavours: Yes
  • Health warning: Yes
  • Advertising: Yes

How it is classified

  • Tobacco surrogate

Sources

  1. Lov om ændring af lov om tobaksvarer m.v. og forskellige andre love (LOV nr 1669 af 2024) — Retsinformation — primary law — accessed 24 August 2026 archived
  2. Lovgivning om tobak og nikotin i Danmark — Kræftens Bekæmpelse — accessed 24 August 2026
  3. Bekendtgørelse om grænseværdier for nikotinindhold i tobakssurrogater (BEK nr 249 af 04/03/2025), § 2 — Retsinformation — primary law — accessed 25 August 2026 archived

Listed by: Global Tobacco Control Policy Scan (their record: November 2021).