The US FDA Has Taken Action To Crack Down On The Black Market Of Electronic Cigarettes, And Port Shopping Will Be Strictly Inspected.

According to the news report of The Washington Observer on May 9th: The Trump administration stated that it is taking measures to prevent unregulated Chinese e-cigarettes from entering the United States. The director of the US Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, said this is a direct "attack" on American minors.
Industry experts said that a large portion of people use ENDS products that are made in China and smuggled into the United States.
The FDA director, Makary, told The Washington Observer on Friday that the government is seeking to end the "port shopping" of black market e-cigarette goods.
After he took office, he found that: I just returned these products to the manufacturers, and they were shipped to another US port. The FDA could only inspect 2% - 5% of the imported goods. That is to say, basically the products entered the US market in this way. Due to the negligence of border management, we must take action, consider confiscating and destroying these products.
Since 2022, China has banned the sale of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes. However, industry experts say: It is precisely because unregulated products usually use fruit flavors and have unique and bright appearances to attract the teenage population.
Makari told The Washington Observer that the FDA has begun to rectify and confiscate "electronic cigarette devices with game-like features".
Because of the unique and eye-catching designs that attract teenagers to become addicted, causing them to sink into video games and e-cigarettes. This is a dangerous sign. If other countries treat the United States the same way as they are doing now, we would say this is an attack.
It is known that Chinese manufacturers control 70-80% of the black market e-cigarette trade in the United States.

The "Polaris National Security" think tank, founded by US Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Affairs Morgan Otages, released a report last month predicting that by 2030, the annual sales of illegal electronic cigarettes produced by Chinese manufacturers would reach 200 billion US dollars.
According to The Washington Observer, in recent weeks, President Trump has been pressured by both party activists from within and outside the government to crack down hard on the illegal Chinese electronic cigarette market.
In 2019, he proposed banning the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes to curb the increase in teenage e-cigarette use. Subsequently, he slowed down the implementation of the ban and eventually revised the proposed rules in 2020, allowing manufacturers to circumvent the ban through the pre-market tobacco application process.
He also signed a bill raising the federal minimum age for purchasing all tobacco products (including electronic cigarettes) from 18 to 21. During his 2024 campaign, Trump engaged in debates and repeatedly vowed to "save e-cigarettes".