The disposable vape market in the United States has grown from a retail footnote to a $2 billion juggernaut in just three years.
Disposable vaping products, mostly made by little-known manufacturers, have quickly come to dominate the convenience store/gas station segment of the vaping products market.
The sales numbers come from Chicago market research firm IRI, and were reported today by Reuters, which obtained them through a confidential source. According to Reuters, the IRI report shows that disposable vapes have grown from less than two percent of the c-store market to 33 percent in three years.
That jibes with 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) numbers, which showed disposable use among school-age youth who vape grew from 2.4 percent in 2019 to 26.5 percent in 2020. The disposable market grew rapidly—among users of all ages—when flavored pod-based vapes were no longer available in most retail outlets because of FDA actions.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360.com – 2022-08-16.
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