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N.Y. Vape Ban Grace Period Impacts Local Shop N.Y. Vape Ban Delay Impacts Local Shop

By Andrew Rubino

Premium E-Cigs and Vapor Shop in Camillus is on edge.

For now the shop can continue to sell flavored vaping liquids and cartridges.

This changed last Friday when a two week grace period was put into effect because of a lawsuit against the state.

The looming October eighteenth court decision regarding the future of the products is frustrating for shop general manager Greg Finch.

“It makes it impossible to run a business. There’s no way to plan or schedule for anything. So yeah the frustration level’s high.”

Finch said more than 95 percent of the store’s flavored vaping liquids would come off the shelves with a permanent ban.

And introducing new items now would not make a difference.

“The flavored e-liquids make up the bulk of our sales. And additional products aren’t going to save our business.”

A local customer told me he has never seen the shelves so bare.

Many users are buying surplus products ahead of next week.

The bare shelves are due to customers like Zach Valerino

“If the ban fully goes through, I’m probably just going to try and live off that one large stack of stuff that I buy before I run out of everything.”

General Manager Greg Finch said the store had a huge spike in sales last week the day before the ban was supposed to be put into effect.

Going forward, Finch does not plan to buy any more liquids or cartridges until after the court’s decision.

Reporting in Camillus, I’m Andrew Rubino, NCC News.

CAMILLUS, N.Y. (NCC News) — Premium E-Cigs and Vapor Shop will not sell different products during the  two-week grace period for flavored vaping liquids and cartridges. The original vaping ban was supposed to go into effect on Oct. 4.

With a two-week period between the original ban date and the Oct. 18 legal battle between Vapor Technology Association and New York State, Premium E-Cigs and Vapor Shop will continue with normal business.

“The flavored e-liquids make up the bulk of our sales. And additional products aren’t going to save our business,” said Greg Finch, general manager of the shop.

More than 95% of the store’s flavored vaping liquids would be deemed illegal with a permanent ban, according to Finch. Finch is frustrated with the unknown future of his products.

“It makes it impossible to run a business,” said Finch. “There’s no way to plan or schedule for anything.”

Some users are planning on a ban.

“If the ban fully goes through, I’m probably just going to try and live off that one large stack of stuff that I buy before I run out of everything,” said Zach Valerino, 21, a customer of the shop.

Valerino has vaped for two years as a way to eliminate his use of cigarettes.

Last Thursday, Finch said the store had a major increase in sales due to the then looming vape ban. Finch said he will not buy more liquids or cartridges until after the Oct. 18 court decision.

 

 

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