Vape shop

A vape shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.[1]

A vape shop is a retail outlet specializing in the selling of electronic cigarette products.[2]

Store

Interior view of a vape shop in the US.

E-cigarettes products are mainly available online or in dedicated "vape" storefronts.[3] They are also available at conventional retailers and tobacco retailers.[4] A vape shop offers a range of e-cigarette products.[5] While vape shops offer mostly reusable e-cigarettes, cig-alikes are mostly available at convenience stores.[6] Vape shops typically offer a diverse selection of e-liquids.[7] Vape shops may carry vaping magazines and may offer accessories such as clothing, bags and wooden cases for the e-liquid.[5] Vape shops are increasing in popularity.[8]

Vape shops are mainly small, independent businesses.[9] They vary in design and product selection.[5] Some look like bars.[5] Some have lounges where people can drink a beverage as they vape.[5] Some vape shops have a vape bar where patrons can test out different e-liquids and socialize.[1] Vape shop customers visit their local vape shop for personalized e-cigarette advice.[10] Vape shop retail workers may show potential customers how to use different e-cigarettes and how to fill the devices with e-liquid.[1] A "vapologist" may give advise to potential customers to choosing an e-liquid.[11] "Cloud-chasing", the activity of blowing the largest clouds of vapor, is becoming a routine event at some vape shops.[12]

Some vape shop owners choose not to sell vaping products to minors.[13] Small vape shop businesses are concerned about the proposed 2014 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.[14] Vape shop owners in the US are concerned about the costs of adhering to the proposed FDA regulations.[15] Some vape shop owners believe the proposed FDA rules might put them out of business.[16] Some vape shop owners in the US believe a ban on public vaping might put some vape shops out of business because taste-testing would be prohibited.[17] Vape shop owners generally believe vaping is a habit.[18]

In 2014, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association estimated that there were 35,000 vape shops in the US, more than triple the number a year earlier.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (13 February 2014). "Generation V E-Cigarettes and Vape Bar aims to convert smokers to e-cigarettes". Daily Nebraskan.
  2. ↑ Sussman, Steve; Garcia, Robert; Cruz, Tess; Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Pentz, Mary; Unger, Jennifer B (2014). "Consumers’ perceptions of vape shops in Southern California: an analysis of online Yelp reviews". Tobacco Induced Diseases 12 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/s12971-014-0022-7. ISSN 1617-9625. PMID 25484852.
  3. ↑ Mike Esterl (29 May 2014). "'Vaporizers' Are the New Draw in E-Cigarettes". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ↑ Hahn, Ellen J.; Begley, Kathy; Gokun, Yevgeniya; Johnson, Andrew O.; Mundy, Monica E.; Rayens, Mary Kay (2015). "Electronic Cigarette Retail Outlets and Proximity to Schools". American Journal of Health Promotion 29 (6): 380–383. doi:10.4278/ajhp.130627-ARB-335. ISSN 0890-1171. PMID 24968182.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Owen Bennett Jones (6 April 2015). "California vaping: The new subculture". BBC News Online.
  6. ↑ "Foggy frontiers: The rise of the vapor industry in WNC". Mountain Xpress. 16 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "E-cigarette industry booming in Saskatchewan". CBC News. 14 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Owen Bennett Jones (6 July 2015). "SB County Considers E-Cig Ban in Public Places". NPG of California.
  9. ↑ Jilian Mincer (29 July 2015). "In rise of U.S. vape shops, owners eye new marijuana market". Yahoo! News (Reuters).
  10. ↑ Polosa, Riccardo; Caponnetto, Pasquale; Cibella, Fabio; Le-Houezec, Jacques (2015). "Quit and Smoking Reduction Rates in Vape Shop Consumers: A Prospective 12-Month Survey". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12 (4): 3428–3438. doi:10.3390/ijerph120403428. ISSN 1660-4601. PMID 25811767.
  11. ↑ Daniel Krieger (9 January 2014). "E-Cigarette Shops Open Even as City Cracks Down". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Jilian Mincer (1 May 2015). "As youth vaping rises, teens cite the allure of tricks". Reuters.
  13. ↑ Brendaliss Gonzalez (3 July 2015). "Number of teens using e-cigarettes triples; few in metro monitoring to see how they're getting them". E. W. Scripps Company.
  14. ↑ Tripp Mickle (7 July 2015). "FDA Cloud Hangs Over Vape Shops". The Wall Steet Journal.
  15. ↑ F.A. Kelley (8 July 2015). "New Regulations for Liquid Nicotine Expected to Have Major Impact on Vape Shops". NewsInferno.
  16. ↑ Gabrielle Komorowski (13 July 2015). "FDA proposes strict regulations for vaping". WYFF.
  17. ↑ Associated Press (11 July 2015). "Snohomish County considers ban on e-cigarettes in public". The Seattle Times Company.
  18. ↑ Cheney MK, Gowin M, Wann TF (2015). "Vapor Store Owner Beliefs and Messages to Customers". Nicotine Tob. Res. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntv129. PMID 26113622.
  19. ↑ Esterl, Mike (26 August 2014). "Big Tobacco's E-Cigarette Push Gets a Reality Check". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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