‘Vape shops’ and ‘E-Cigarette lounges’ open across the USA to promote ENDS
‘Vape shops’ and ‘E-Cigarette lounges’ open across the USA to promote ENDS
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“电子烟商店”和“电子烟休息室”在美国各地开业以推广 ENDS
作者：
Y. O. Lee;Annice E Kim
电子尼古丁输送系统（ENDS），通常称为电子香烟或电子香烟，于2007年首次在美国上市。据媒体报道，2013年1月至8月，美国的ENDS销售额每年翻一番，达到10亿美元。3从2010年到2011年，美国成年人对ENDS的认识从40.9%上升到57.9%，曾经使用过的从3.3%上升到6.2%。.4 ENDS组织已经形成了一个行业，该行业已经开始通过推广ENDS产品和ENDS制造商和零售商的优惠政策来倡导其利益。
ENDS最初是在网上推广和销售的，但很快就扩展到了传统的实体零售店，如杂货店和加油站。专门销售ENDS产品的独立零售专卖店或“vape商店”正在美国和国外开业，估计在美国有超过3500家此类商店6（图1）。Vape商店出售传统零售商店中的ENDS产品（例如，初学者套件，墨盒和一次性ENDS），但可以提供大量...
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), commonly called electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, first became available in the USA in 2007.1 Since then, US ENDS sales are reported in the press to have doubled annually to reach US$1 billion for January–August 2013.2 ENDS sales are estimated by one news source to reach US$4 billion globally by the end of 2013.3 From 2010 to 2011, awareness of ENDS among US adults increased from 40.9% to 57.9% and ever use increased from 3.3% to 6.2%.4 ENDS organisations have formed an industry that has begun advocating for its interests by promoting ENDS products and favourable policies for ENDS manufacturers and retailers.5
ENDS were initially promoted and sold online, but have quickly expanded to traditional brick and mortar retail outlets, like grocery stores and gas stations. Independent retail specialty shops that exclusively sell ENDS products, or ‘vape shops’, are opening around the USA and abroad,3 with over 3500 such shops estimated in the USA6 (figure 1). Vape shops sell ENDS products found in traditional retail stores (eg, starter kits, cartridges and disposable ENDS) but can offer a substantially …