商業快報

Vaping growth falters as Big Tobacco hunts for lifeline

Sales of legal e-cigarettes are losing momentum as consumers turn to alternatives and regulation saps demand

Growth in sales of e-cigarettes is faltering on both sides of the Atlantic, challenging forecasts that vaping devices will become the dominant alternative to smoking and provide a sustainable lifeline for big tobacco.

British American Tobacco, the FTSE 100 group behind Vuse e-cigarettes, said last week it expected sales of its vaping devices to fall by a mid-teens percentage globally in the first half of the year.

In the US, the world’s largest vaping market, year-on-year sales of regulated devices have fallen almost every month during the past two years, according to data provider Nielsen. Meanwhile in the UK, the second-largest market, vaping prevalence has levelled off.

您已閱讀18%(679字),剩餘82%(3154字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×