Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
Chinese manufacturers are bypassing US tobacco regulations by filling vapes with 'nicotine analogs,' chemicals that mimic nicotine's effects but fall outside current legal definitions. Experts warn that these substances, such as 6-methyl-nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than traditional nicotine.
Flavored nicotine vapes are largely illegal in the US, yet convenience stores and tobacco shops across the country have generated billions of dollars in sales from these products in recent years, despite periodic law enforcement seizures and efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to keep them off the market. More recently, Chinese manufacturers have found a new way to sidestep the law, escaping regulatory oversight altogether.
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