Minnesota
No statewide flavor banSnapshot for general information only — not legal advice. Statewide regulatory detail below is drawn primarily from the Public Health Law Center 50-state review (as of June 15, 2025). Flavor categories and local highlights also use Truth Initiative (Q1 2026), CTFK (May 2026), Tax Foundation (2026), and the PHLC flavored-tobacco chart (June 2026). Always check current statutes.
Flavor / sales restrictions (statewide)
No statewide flavor ban on e-cigarettes. Check city and county rules, since some localities have their own bans.
- Minnesota has the highest vape tax in the country, tied with Washington.
Local city / county rules
No statewide e-cigarette flavor ban. Twin Cities metro and several counties have local restrictions, often with specialty-retailer exemptions.
- Minneapolis: flavored tobacco ban with exemptions for tobacco products shops and certain liquor stores for menthol (Minneapolis Code § 281.45(f) (2019); PHLC June 2026).
- Saint Paul: flavored product ban with tobacco-products-shop exemption (St. Paul Code § 324.07; PHLC June 2026).
- Bloomington: comprehensive ban (PHLC June 2026). Hennepin County, Duluth, and others also restrict flavors (often with 90% specialty exemptions) (Truth Initiative Q1 2026; PHLC June 2026).
- Plymouth: comprehensive flavored-product ban effective January 1, 2028 (Plymouth Code § 1150.05(C); PHLC June 2026).
Truth Initiative (Q1 2026): 36 Minnesota jurisdictions. CTFK lists 37.
Tax
Map summary: 95% of wholesale (tied for highest in the US)
Tax of 95% of wholesale price imposed on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
Minn. Stat. § 297F.05, subdiv. 3 (2025)
Youth access / retail restrictions
Sale/distribution of electronic delivery devices prohibited to persons under age 21.
Minn. Stat. § 609.685, subdiv. 1a(a) (2025)
Sale of electronic delivery devices from a movable place of business (kiosk) prohibited.
Minn. Stat. § 461.21 (2025)
Self-service displays of electronic delivery devices restricted to adult-only, tobacco-only businesses; vending machines restricted to locations inaccessible to persons under age 21.
Minn. Stat. § 461.18 (2025)
Delivery sales occurring after December 31, 2021 by an out-of-state retailer must file a statement with the Dept. of Revenue.
Minn Stat. § 297F.031 (2025)
Sale of deceptive vapor products prohibited, including those that imitate candy, deserts, beverages, or school supplies, those using characters or symbols that appeal to minors, and those that try to conceal the product’s nature from adults.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.7821 (2025)
Retail license
Yes. A town board or the governing body may license and regulate electronic delivery devices. However, if they do not, the county board shall license and regulate electronic delivery devices.
Minn. Stat. § 461.12, subdiv. 1 (2025)
Distributors must also be licensed.
Minn. Stat. § 297F.03, subdiv. 1 (2025)
Packaging
Liquids intended for human consumption and use in an electronic delivery device (whether they contain nicotine or not) must be sold in child-resistant packaging.
Minn. Stat. § 461.20(b) (2025)
Delivery / online sales
Sale/distribution of electronic delivery devices prohibited to persons under age 21.
Sale of electronic delivery devices from a movable place of business (kiosk) prohibited.
Self-service displays of electronic delivery devices restricted to adult-only, tobacco-only businesses; vending machines restricted to locations inaccessible to persons under age 21.
Delivery sales occurring after December 31, 2021 by an out-of-state retailer must file a statement with the Dept. of Revenue.
Smoke-free / indoor use
Use of electronic delivery devices included in the definition of “smoking” (Minn. Stat. § 144.413, subdiv. 4 (2025)) and prohibited in all public places, including places of employment and public transportation, day care and health facilities, government owned or operated buildings, facilities owned by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, facilities licensed by the commissioner of human services and those licensed by the commissioner of health (with some exceptions) (Minn. Stat. § 144.414 (2025)); and public and charter schools and any facility or vehicle owned, rented or leased by a school district (Minn. Stat. § 144.4165 (2025)).
Definition notes
Included in a “tobacco product” definition in at least one statute?
Yes.
Minn. Stat. § 297F.01, subdiv. 19 (2025)
How the jurisdiction defines e-cigarettes / related terms (excerpts):
Electronic delivery device means “any product containing or delivering nicotine, lobelia, or any other substance, whether natural or synthetic, intended for human consumption through inhalation of aerosol or vapor from the product. Electronic delivery device includes but is not limited to devices manufactured, marketed, or sold as electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic pipe, vape pens, modes, tank systems, or under any other product name or descriptor. Electronic delivery device includes any component part of a product, whether or not marketed or sold separately.”
Minn. Stat. § 609.685, subdiv. 1(c) (2025)
Nicotine solution products means “any cartridge, bottle, or other package that contains nicotine, including nicotine made or derived from tobacco or sources other than tobacco, that is in a solution that is consumed, or meant to be consumed, through the use of a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means that produces vapor or aerosol [including] any electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic nicotine delivery system, electronic vaping device, electronic vape pen, electronic oral device, electronic delivery device, or similar product or device, and any batteries, heating elements, or other components, parts, or accessories sold with and meant to be used in the consumption of a solution containing nicotine.”
Minn. Stat. § 297F.01, subdiv. 22b (2025)
Tobacco products means “any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, smoked, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, or any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, including, but not limited to, cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine-cut and other chewing tobacco; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco, and other kinds and forms of tobacco; but does not include cigarettes as defined in this section. Tobacco products includes nicotine solution products.”
Minn. Stat. § 297F.01, subdiv. 19 (2025)
Vapor product means “a noncombustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any other substance, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking. Vapor product includes an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device. Vapor product also includes a vapor cartridge or other container of nicotine or other substance in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device."
Minn. Stat. § 325F.782 (2025)
Links
Public Health Law Center — Minnesota 50-state review PHLC flavored tobacco sales chart (June 2026) Truth Initiative Q1 2026 CTFK localities fact sheet Tax Foundation vaping taxes FDA Tobacco 21
Page generated for the US Vape Laws Map project. Regulatory text excerpts © source publishers; compiled October 2026. Not legal advice. Federal rules also apply: 21+ sales age; ID checks under 30; only FDA-authorized e-cigarettes may lawfully be sold; USPS generally will not mail vapes.