Page 22 - Adressing Black-Market Vapor Products: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement and Community Leaders

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taxes that could be
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Nearly 80 percent of
requirements before
party merchants—use
consumers to believe,
friends, family, street
assume that all online
and are looking for an
not safe for adults who
patients who received a
Injury (EVALI) told FDA
fake vapor products are
Contrary to what black-
Vaping, Associated Lung
already smoke cigarettes
informal sources, such as
to verify a customer’s age
Currently, it is not safe to
they acquired their vaping
retailers—including third-
state-of-the-art technology
diagnosis of E-Cigarette, or
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Learn more at ncpc.org/PublicHealthandSafety.
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