Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
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Chinese vape makers using nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine to sidestep US rules show how fast regulated categories route around substance-specific bans. If your product lives in a regulated gray zone—health, fintech, climate—plan for adversarial compliance: regulators chasing chemistry while supply chains arbitrage the gaps.
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