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Illegal vapes flood U.S. market as FDA struggles to squeeze out illicit products

U.S. Food and Drug Administration only allows retailers to sell 34 specific e-cigarettes, but counterfeits are inescapable.

Take a walk to your local smoke shop and look at the labels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration only allows retailers to sell 34 specific e-cigarettes, but counterfeits are inescapable.

One “Trump-aligned anti-CCP group,” the Protecting America Initiative, or PAI, launched a campaign Monday to highlight the trend. The electioneering guild, led by Trump allies, released a “five-figure ad” claiming that he “predicted this” in 2019.