The sale of cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco and related products is a matter that is highly regulated and taxed.

Due to the many difficulties inherent in assuring that tobacco sales comply with applicable laws, eBay will not permit the sale of cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco.

Collectible tobacco packaging

There may be instances where a particular collectable tobacco package is unopened and still contains tobacco. These sales of collectable tobacco items will be permitted so long as all of the following conditions are met:

• The value of the item is in the collectable packaging, not in the tobacco itself.

• The item description should state that the package has not been opened, but that the tobacco within is not for consumption.

• The collectable tobacco packaging must not be available at any retail outlet, and packaging must have a value that substantially exceeds the current retail price of that tobacco product in the package.

• Buyers and sellers are responsible for ensuring that any transaction involving tobacco complies with all applicable laws and postal regulations in carrying out the transaction.

eBay will continue to be a forum for the sale of tobacco-related collectables, including tobacco related memorabilia and packaging (provided you comply with the above policies), which are not subject to the same legal constraints.

Tobacco and tobacco related products

The following items are not allowed to be listed on the site:

• Items that contain tobacco (cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cigars, smokeless tobacco, herbal tobacco) intended for consumption

• Electronic or e-cigarettes.  This also includes any listing of component parts (included but not limited to):  cartridges, atomisers, liquid refills, vaporisers, batteries and shells.

• Blunts

• Cuban cigars that don't comply with both our tobacco policy and our embargoed goods policy

• Hookah/shisha molasses that contains tobacco

• Images of actual tobacco (cigarettes, cigars, etc.) when selling collectible packaging or cigar bands

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