China Weaponizes Vape Regulations To Corner US Market
Chinese products have dominated the U.S. vaping market in recent years, posing major health and national security risks. China has been heavily flooding the U.S. with illicit vape products in recent years. Up to 85% of…
Chinese products have dominated the U.S. vaping market in recent years, posing major health and national security risks.
China has been heavily flooding the U.S. with illicit vape products in recent years. Up to 85% of e-cigarette devices and pods currently being sold in stores across the nation are illegal, with many of them originating from China.
“Well, 100% of the criminal are manufactured or have some ties to China, whether it is the parts, the manufacturing or developing any of the components, and they’re criminal contraband,” former U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Director Richard Marianos told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “These products, within the majority that the kids are using, that are being bought Cap’n Crunch, Skittles, Grape, berry, fruity tutti, mango crisp. You can just go into a vape shop and see which are the ones that are regulated for tobacco harm reduction and ones that are designed to addict children.”
“Would we ever, in this nation, license a crack house? Because many of these vape shops, if you just go on, like, vape store criminal activity, just type it into Google, you’ll find hundreds upon hundreds of these shops that are being investigated, or when they’re being inspected, they’re more than just vape stores,” Marianos continued. “They’re narcotics dams … Now we’re licensing these smoke shops and they’re popping up, like flowers in spring, every time you look around.”