The New York Times (6/22, Jewett) reports, “Sales of e-cigarettes rose by nearly 47 percent from January 2020, just before the pandemic hit the United States, to December 2022, according to an analysis released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” This “increase…occurred while teenagers and young adults reported in surveys that they had recently tried e-cigarettes at much higher rates than older adults did.” Data show that “sales were still growing through May of last year, but then dropped by 12 percent through December.” Investigators “attributed the decline to several possible factors, including state or local bans on flavored products; government enforcement; and the introduction of devices that offered thousands of ‘puffs’ in a single device.”
Related Links:
— “E-Cigarretes Sales Tapered Off Last Year After Big Surge,”Christina Jewett, The New York Times, June 22, 2023