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China puts the brakes on its $7b vaping industry

The world's biggest manufacturer of e-cigarettes has banned the online sale of vapes to address rising health concerns.

Sun Liangzi and Denise Jia

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Joining the global backlash against e-cigarettes amid rising health concerns, China last week slammed the brakes on a booming, $7 billion-a-year industry spread around Shenzhen’s Bao’an district, otherwise famous for making advanced electronics products.

Regulators in the world’s largest tobacco market issued China’s first blanket ban on all online sales and marketing of e-cigarettes from November 1.

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