Washington’s temporary ban on flavored nicotine vapor products is over as of this morning, and local
vape shops are preparing for a surge in customer traffic this weekend following months of severe revenue decline. It should be good news — but the
shop owners aren’t feeling very celebratory.
“There doesn’t seem to be a future for the industry in the state of Washington,” said Steven Berry, co-owner of the Vancouver vape
shop chain Hawaiian Vapor.
The gloomy outlook is prompted by a bill working its way through the Legislature that would create new regulations for vape shops.
