U.S. officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes. But industry data shows thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China.

Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press.

The figures underscore the chaotic state of the nation’s $7 billion vaping market and raise questions about how the U.S. government can stop the flow of fruit-flavored disposable e-cigarettes used by 1 in 10 American teens and adolescents.

More than 11,500 unique vaping products are being sold in U.S. stores, up 27% from 9,000 products in June, according to tightly held industry data from analytics firm Circana.

  • epyon22
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    11 months ago

    Many of those businesses won’t be around in a couple years imo. Just cause they exist doesn’t mean they are making money there was a big boom recently with grey area of marijuana and vapes coming on the market. They will settle to a more reasonable level. There is also the possibility that many of these businesses were black market marijuana dealers and now going legitimate so just making their existing business more in the public spot light.