Teen vapers have easy time buying supplies online


A sales clerk exhales vapor while smoking with a vaporizer during a wait for customers at the e-cigarette shop Henley Vaporium in New York, June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files

Even though it’s illegal for teens to buy cigarettes in the US, nothing stops online stores from selling nicotine-infused liquids for kids to use with electronic cigarettes. 

Big tobacco companies, including Altria Group Inc, Lorillard Tobacco Co and Reynolds American Inc, are all developing e-cigarettes. The battery-powered devices feature a glowing tip and a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and other flavourings into a cloud of vapour that users inhale. 

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