How will being included in the tobacco monopoly affect vape sales?
Earlier we mentioned that vape may be included in the tobacco monopoly, so if vape is included in tobacco resale, what impact will it have on vape sales? For this, we have nothing to learn from, because cigarettes are the only tobacco monopoly product. However, we can guess how vape will affect vape sales after being included in the tobacco monopoly.
After vape is included in tobacco resale, the threshold has been relatively raised. Merchants selling vape must obtain a tobacco monopoly license. It is more difficult for vape specialty stores to obtain tobacco monopoly qualification, because tobacco monopoly has been implemented for dozens of times. Years later, the merchants that have obtained tobacco monopoly are relatively full. If the tobacco monopoly policy is released, there will be many vape stores that need to apply for monopoly qualification. A relatively full market and a large area of demand are destined to have many e- Cigarette stores are not eligible for tobacco monopoly.
Therefore, in the future, vape sales may shift more to traditional retailers, and vape specialty stores may develop slowly due to restrictions on tobacco monopoly qualifications, but the overall vape sales should not have much impact .
The advantage of vape sales shifting to traditional retailers is that it is more convenient to buy vape products. Because traditional retailers previously had unclear vape policies, few traditional retailers would sell vape products, but the policy When it becomes clear, these retailers will not miss this opportunity. The advantage of traditional retailers over vape specialty stores is that there are many stores. Compared with sporadic vape specialty stores, it will be more convenient to buy vape from traditional retailers. Obviously, this is a change that will help increase vape sales.
However, there is also a disadvantage of shifting sales to traditional retailers, that is, selling cigarettes and vape together will make customers who used vape to replace cigarettes re-select cigarettes. The taste of traditional smokers has always been relatively loyal, and many smokers It is possible to smoke a cigarette for a lifetime. If the smokers' vape and cigarettes are used at the same time, the result is likely to be cigarettes. Then this part of vape users is likely to become smokers again. This is a result of competition, so vape still needs to continuously improve the user experience and strive to surpass cigarettes in terms of experience.
As for the sale of e-liquid, there may also be great uncertainty. After the monopoly, the nicotine content and taste of e-liquid may be restricted. It has been reported that the nicotine content of e-liquid may be controlled at 2%. Within the content, the taste of e-liquid can refer to the United States. The United States prohibits the sale of mint and other flavored e-liquid. It is likely that the country will follow up in the future. If these two restrictions come true, vape will be affected. The sales volume has a big impact.
More than that, the price of vape should increase after the vape monopoly in the future. As for the increase, it is not known how much. If the price increase is not much, it will have little effect on the sales of vape, but if it is too expensive too much?
Based on the above, I personally believe that the resale of vape will not cause too much hindrance to the sales of vape, and may even benefit the increase of vape sales, and the convenience of vape purchase will also be greatly improved.
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