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    Vaping bans: How one health crisis prompted a crackdown on another

    Dec 11, 2019 4 minutes

    The online vape store looks legitimate: It warns away those under 21; a customer chat box pops up when you open the home page; there are online coupons, even a Black Friday sale, for the cartridges filled with marijuana ingredients.

    But you can’t pay with credit cards, only cash transfers (Western Union or Zelle), gift cards (Amazon or iTunes), or bitcoin. And the brand the store specializes in – Dank Vapes – is probably counterfeit, says the U.S. government.

    This unregulated, gray-market corner of the vaping industry plays a large but underrecognized role in a pair of public health crises that are rapidly tarnishing the image of vaping.

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