On September 20, 2024, former US President Donald Trump wrote on the social platform Truth Social: “I saved flavored vapes in 2019, which greatly helped people quit smoking. I raised the age of vape use to 21 to keep children out of reach of vapes. However, Harris and Biden want to ban everything and shut down small businesses across the United States. I will save vapes again!”
Truth Social is a social media platform created by Trump. After mainstream social media such as Facebook and Twitter banned Trump in 2021, he founded Truth Social, which currently has 5 million monthly active users. On March 26 this year, the platform’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), was publicly listed on the Nasdaq in the United States.
It is understood that Trump promised to crack down on the sales of flavored vape products during his first term, but later changed his position, saying that vapes can help people quit smoking.
According to foreign media reports, at the beginning of 2019, Trump’s proposal was to ban the sale of all sweet and fruity vape cartridges and cartridges within 30 days, but allow gas stations and convenience stores to continue to sell mint-flavored cartridges and vapes. The proposal also allows vape stores to sell a variety of vape oils used in open devices, because users of open devices are usually adults.
However, two days later, Trump immediately withdrew the ban, saying that vapes can help people quit smoking and should not be banned, and retained flavored vapes. But it is necessary to ensure that the products are safe and reliable, and emphasize the need to drive counterfeit products out of the US market and keep children away from vapes. Since then, Trump has maintained a positive stance on vapes.
At present, vape products must pass PMTA applications if they want to be permanently legally sold in the US market. This is the mechanism for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to control vapes, but according to data released by the agency, only 34 vape products and devices have passed PMTA applications, most of which are tobacco-flavored products, plus a few mint flavors.
Moreover, all these vape products authorized by the FDA are from VUSE, NJOY, and Logic vape brands under international tobacco companies. For other vape brands, including Chinese brands, it is difficult to pass PMTA. For consumers in the US market, legal tobacco-flavored and mint-flavored vapes cannot meet their needs. On the one hand, it leads to the dismal sales of legal vapes. On the other hand, the repeated bans on black market products have increased the risk of minors using vapes.
Based on Trump’s attitude towards vapes, if he defeats Harris and is re-elected as US President, it is likely to usher in a new dawn for small and medium-sized vape companies that want to enter the US market. Of course, some people believe that Trump’s support for vapes is just to win votes in the vape industry. Whether he can fulfill his promise to relax US vape laws after his election remains to be seen.
Veehoo vapes meet users’ needs for high-quality smoking experience with their excellent technology and design. However, the current US vape market is strictly regulated, and PMTA applications restrict the legal sales of most vape products, of which only a few products have passed the review.
In response to this situation, Trump’s promise may provide new development opportunities for small and medium-sized vape companies. If Trump is re-elected as the US President, he may relax the legal restrictions on vapes, creating opportunities for more brands to enter the market.
However, some people believe that Trump’s support for vapes is just to get votes, and the real policy effect remains to be seen. In any case, Veehoo vapes will continue to be committed to innovation and high quality, bringing users a better smoking experience and helping them better enjoy the vape culture. Trump’s policy direction has an important impact on the future development of the vape industry, and Veehoo vapes will continue to iterate in this change, bringing more surprises and choices to users.
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