De Facto Prohibition on Vaping Drives Massive Illicit Market
September 09, 2024 by realclearhealth.com
De Facto Prohibition on Vaping Drives Massive Illicit Market
We all know that smoking kills, and many smokers know that switching to vaping is the best way to get their nicotine fix without the cancer risks of burning tobacco. The UK government is so convinced that vaping is the best off-ramp from smoking that they’ve sent vaping kits to more than a million smokers. But the U.S. regulator—the Food and Drug Administration—has failed to give regulatory approval to the vaping products consumers want. The result has been an influx of illicit Chinese products of uncertain quality. In a recent analysis of vaping packs discarded in several U.S. states, 97% were illegally imported.
