Page 20 - Adressing Black-Market Vapor Products: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement and Community Leaders
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authentic products. Review the packaging and labeling of vapor products to ensure they are
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Watch where you shop. Black-market vapor products tend to be sold through nontraditional
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Promoting Public Health and Safety is a public-private partnership between the National Crime Prevention Council and the
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manufactured. Ensure that you do due diligence and purchase authentic, regulated products
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Pay attention to packaging, flavor, and other product markers. The market is burgeoning with
the choice to use vapor products as an alternative to combustible cigarettes, the last thing you
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knock-offs, look-alikes, and other illicit products. If as an adult consumer, you’ve already made
risk-free, illicit vapor products can pose additional health and safety risks, given the unknown
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sources such as pop-ups, friends, family, street dealers, or e-commerce websites. Make sure you
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Purchase authentic products from known manufacturers. While the use of vapor products is not
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retail channels, such as social sourcing and online marketplaces. In fact, according to CDC, nearly
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