Page 15 - Adressing Black-Market Vapor Products: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement and Community Leaders

That Vape
That Vape

SIGNS Is Fake
SIGNS Is Fake

It’s not easy to tell the difference between authentic, regulated vapor products and

black-market vapor products. Sometimes it can be nearly impossible. Here are a few

signs that the vapor product may be “fake.”

Packaging or labeling
Packaging or labeling
Strange particles or that seems off-kilter,
Strange particles or
that seems off-kilter,
foreign materials in lacking, or containing
foreign materials in
lacking, or containing
errors such as
the product errors such as
the product
misspellings
misspellings
Products that have
Products that have
been tampered with
been tampered with
Products that have been
or are tainted Products that have been
or are tainted
purchased from
purchased from
unauthorized retailers or
unauthorized retailers or
third-party online
third-party online
marketplaces
marketplaces
Pricing that is
Pricing that is
unusually lower than
unusually lower than
market value
market value Products that are no
Products that are no
longer commercially
longer commercially
available from the
available from the
manufacturer or illegal
manufacturer or illegal
in the jurisdiction where
in the jurisdiction where
they are sold
they are sold