The Economic Impact of Vaping
The Vapor Industry Creates Jobs and Economic Activity in States and Congressional Districts Across The Country
The nicotine vapor industry is a dynamic part of the U.S. economy, accounting for about $22.09 billion in output or about 0.10 percent of GDP. It employs approximately 133,573 Americans who earned wages and benefits of about $7 billion.
Members of the industry and their employees paid $2.83 billion in federal, state and local taxes. This does not include state and local sales taxes or excise taxes that may apply for specific retail purchases which are estimated to total $1.88 billion.
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2024 Vapor Product Industry Economic Impact Study
John Dunham & Associates
Impact of Synthetic
Regulation in Federal Omnibus 2022
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American adults deserve access to a real marketplace for flavored vapes.
VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, was recently quoted in @ABC11_WTVD, where he talked about the damaging impact the state’s proposed licensing fees would have on small businesses across the state. “North Carolina's new additional license fee on shops selling vapor…
E-cigarettes are still the most effective smoking cessation method according to the July, 2026 @CochraneTAG update. "There is high certainty evidence that more people stop smoking for at least six months using nicotine e-cigarettes than using nicotine replacement therapy."
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Adult consumers deserve a regulated flavored vape market, not a void that helps no one.
VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, was featured in @TheNVIndy last week. He spoke about Nevada’s proposed cigarette tax increase. "Taxing vapor products at the same rate as cigarettes is a recycled concept that years of science has proven defies common…
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@Clive_Bates says FDA favors cigarettes and illegal vapes over legitimate safer products. Unless authorization changes, it will only get worse. @cdoug @ChaunceyGardner @alli_vapes @VaporTechAssoc @INNCOorg @GFNicotine @GrimmGreen @LegionVaping
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Michael Bloomberg is back with another warning about vaping. But the FDA’s latest draft guidance is not some radical “about-face.” It is a modest step that could eventually give adult smokers more access to lower-risk alternatives. @StevenGreenhut explains:
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Hear from our Executive Director, Tony Abboud, on why joining VTA’s fight is so important for the American independent vaping industry.
A quick update from VTA’s Executive Director, Tony Abboud, on the #WagesandWhiteLion case that’s currently being heard in the #5thCircuit.
Eradicate nicotine? "Hell no" says tobacco control veteran Cliff Douglas, "why would one want to do that?" Nicotine should be front and center in the strategy to end smoking. @cdoug @ChaunceyGardner @alli_vapes @VaporTechAssoc @INNCOorg @GFNicotine @GrimmGreen @LegionVaping
In statehouses across the country, VTA’s team is working to kill efforts to crush this industry and protect the American flavored vaping industry. Join us in the fight today:
@NBCDFW SUGGESTION: Tell the truth about what CDC/FDA surveys actually show. It could be the scoop of your career because NO ONE in the entire f*ing US media is doing that. ...Which is strange. VERY strange. Adult current use (daily…
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@healthgovau SMOKING is harmful to health. Quitting is beneficial. All the following agree nicotine vapes (a) help adults quit smoking and (b) are SAFER than cigarettes: - IMF - UK Royal College of Physicians - Director, National Institute on Drug…
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