Middle East Vape Market After Trump Ban

US Health Secretary Alex Azar said the US Food and Drug Administration (The FDA) will finalize a plan to remove all non-tobacco flavored products from the market. Michigan this month became the first state in the United States to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Azar said he would distribute new guidance on e-cigarettes to the U.S. FDA in a few weeks.

The editor believes that when the United States is currently entering the election season, the Trump administration has shown concern for national safety and health. Even though there is no clear evidence that e-cigarettes cause these diseases, in the politically correct direction,The FDA's introduction of stricter regulations is basically a foregone conclusion.

in addition to the previousThe high cost of PMTA applications can already be judged that the U.S. e-cigarette market will shrink significantly in a short period of time. We expect that the corresponding lobbying forces will become active, and it is temporarily impossible to predict when relatively friendly policies will be restored.

In this market environment in the United States, many e-cigarette companies are now concerned about how to disperse market risks, where are emerging markets, and how to explore emerging markets. Markets in Europe and Southeast Asia will attract more attention from e-cigarette companies. At the same time, emerging market forces will pay more attention, market spillover forces will be prominent, competition to seize emerging markets will become more intense, and the layout of various companies will be greatly advanced.

A large number of e-cigarette manufacturers and brands have paid attention to the Middle East e-cigarette market with huge consumption potential. At present, the market is very growing. Since the region has a history of being a major tobacco user, fruit-flavored and peppermint e-cigarettes are even more popular.

So, will the Middle East e-cigarette market be the next huge development opportunity?Now we analyze it from the aspects of e-cigarette policies, consumption levels, consumption habits, geographical location, and giant promotion.

e-cigarette policy

Policies have a direct impact on an industry. The same goes for e-cigarettes. If a country strictly prohibits and severely suppresses, the market will be greatly affected. Such as Malaysia, Thailand, etc., plus the United States now.

In Malaysia, when e-cigarettes were popular before, the Malaysian government crazily suppressed them. rememberAt the end of 2013, the market was very popular at that time. The Malaysian government used administrative orders to intervene in the e-cigarette market. At that time, major media and television reported large-scale unfavorable news or even false news on e-cigarettes, and the e-cigarette market was quickly greatly affected!

More than a year later, more people are buying e-cigarettes again.On November 5, 2015, the Ministry of Health of Malaysia launched a blitz operation to ban e-cigarettes. It raided more than 300 e-cigarette shops across the country at night, confiscated e-cigarettes and cigarette oil products, and treated e-cigarette practitioners as criminals! There was panic and the market dropped to freezing point. In the later period, various interests were entangled and compromised. After the legalization of e-cigarettes, Malaysia's e-cigarette market ushered in a golden period of development.

In this regard, Thailand has stricter controls on e-cigarettes! Not only cannot e-cigarettes be bought or sold, they cannot be used or carried. In China, carrying, trading, and using e-cigarettes are all illegal activities in law.