How Prohibition Turned Vaping Into a Illicit Business? | GFN Voices 2026 #3
August 12, 2026 by gfn.tv
How Prohibition Turned Vaping Into a Illicit Business? | GFN Voices 2026 #3
Vaping did not become an illicit business because demand disappeared. It became one where prohibition made legal access harder, pushed consumers towards informal supply and weakened the role of accountable retailers. Once safer nicotine products move outside regulated channels, product standards, age controls and consumer protection become harder to enforce. The lesson is clear: banning a market does not remove it — it changes who controls it.
