Theres some kind of illegal market that develops. Both Chicago and New York City where cigarette taxes are higher than average have introduced programs to clamp down on black-market sellers
Figure 3 Taking a deeper dive into the data, it has been shown that the rise in vaping rates among Maori and Pacific Peoples has far outpaced the increase in vaping among other ethnic groups in Aotearoa New Zealand, with 27.7% of Maori and 21.7% of Pacific Peoples reporting current vape use in 2022/23.[31] This is a significant increase since the legalisation of vaping, with the proportion of Maori and Pacific Peoples who were vaping daily more than quadrupling between 2019/20 and 2022/23, compared to overall vaping rates which doubled over the same period.[32] Between 2018/19 and 2022/23, the current adult smoking rate among Maori dropped from 33.4% to 20.2%.[33] More striking is the sudden drop in smoking rates among Pacific Peoples, with the number of people currently smoking in this community more than halving between 2018/19 and 2022/23, dropping from 24.7% to 10.3%.[34] But what are the reasons behind vaping replacing and substituting for cigarettes in Aotearoa New Zealand
In total the operation stopped almost 4.7 million e-cigarettes with a Manufacturers Suggest Retail Price of more than $86.5 million. Parents, teachers, coaches, and others concerned about our kids should be alarmed by how many unauthorized e-cigarettes have been seized by CBP and the FDA in Chicago, said CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott
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