The Trump administration reprimands illegal Chinese vapes that flood us

The initiates of the industry praise progress made by the Trump administration And local police to repress illegal Chinese vapes, which they think will protect young people and bring the clarity of the national vaping retail industry.

The World Vape Show Announced earlier this month was forced to postpone an event in Miami, Florida, “due to customers experiencing difficulties in importing products on the market” into an industry where the vast majority of imported vapes come from China.

“Illicit Chinese Vapes are a clear warning sign of a larger and violent criminal network. These same organizations tracking fentanyl – and the violence that accompanies it – turn to counterfeit vapes as a low risk of cash flow,” said Hugo Barrera Digital.

“This is why South Florida Hidta actively leads to the application of the law on the way of fighting this emerging threat, while working with prevention partners to educate the public. We see progress – even trade fairs where these illegal offers have happened in the past – but there is still much more to do.”

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President Donald Trump went to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on September 14, 2025 in Morristown, New Jersey. (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)

Over the past eight months, the administration has promised to combat the problem of illicit Chinese vapes and to stifle the supply chain to border and ports after criticism of industry Hit the Biden administration So as not to do enough to fight the problem.

These promises seem to take shape at the federal and local level, including the news of a federal raid earlier this month in Illinois where CBS News reported Federal agents have entered flavored vaping products.

“The Chinese become richer while our children become more sick,” said HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Posted on X at the time. “We end this.”

“We are targeting illegal Chinese vapes and we will prevent them from poisoning our children. Last week, I stayed with @AGpambondi after the police seized 50 illegal vape trucks in a warehouse in the Chicago region – 90% of them from China.”

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The Chinese national flag fucks on the island of Pingtan, the nearest point in China on the main island of Taiwan, in the south-east of the province of Fujian of China. (Adek Berry)

In May, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a press release He seized nearly two million units of “unauthorized electronic cigarette products” units in Chicago, which represented an estimated retail value just over $ 33 million.

“Responsible community retailers work hard to provide adult smokers with less harmful alternatives to cigarettes,” Fox News Digital Scott Shalley, president and chief executive officer of Florida Retail Federation and Georgia told Fox News.

“Unfortunately, years of incoherent (or non -existent) regulatory application have enabled unscrupulous retailers to knowingly sell illegal and illegal Chinese products that continue to flood the market and place consumers – and in particular, our young people – at risk. We applaud the recent increase in the establishment of the commercial industry.”

Earlier this month, HHS has announced a massive crisis of imported vaping products amounting to 4.7 million unauthorized electronic cigarette products units with an estimated retail value at $ 86.5 million.

“Almost all the illegal expeditions discovered by the operation are from China,” said the government in a press release. “The FDA and CBP staff determined that many of these shipments contained descriptions of wave and deceptive products with incorrect values, in an apparent attempt to escape the rights and the examination of products for import security problems.”

States and local courts seem to have increased vigilance to repel China which also floods the illicit vape market.

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No one smoke a nicotine vape while wearing headphones. (istock)

In Louisiana, Operation “vape out” led to the seizure of 34,000 illegal vapes and at least 10 arrests Operation “Smoke signals” In Florida, gave at least 27 arrests in 20 vape stores.

Edgar Domenech, former deputy director and chief of the DOJ’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and a strategic advisor for Tobacco Law Enforcement Network, told Fox News Digital “This is more than smuggling unauthorized tobacco”.

“The federal and local leaders of the application of the laws are beginning to recognize that these are sophisticated criminal networks exchanging Chinese vapes alongside drugs and firearms while they whiten the profits and escape taxes to cover everything,” said Domenech. “We need an approach all to adjustment to break once and for all the back of this monster.”