Walmart will stop selling electronic cigarettes

UNITED STATES, New York. The supermarket chain Walmart reported this Friday September 20 that will stop selling electronic cigarettes In their stores. For now, the measure will be applied only in the United States, where the state of New York recently banned its commercialization following the steps of Michigan, the first to do so.

The measure will be in effect from the moment in which the reserves that are stored are finished. Electronic cigarettes are increasingly questioned, due to the high risk of becoming addicted to nicotine that generates their vaping. In fact, the US Health authorities accused them of generating the epidemic of lung diseases.

"Given the recent complexity and uncertainty surrounding the regulation of electronic cigarettes at the federal, state and local levels, we will stop selling those products that contain nicotine at the Walmart and Sam's Club sites," said a spokesman for the latter firm, which is the wholesale company of the supermarket chain.

The impact of the decision will be considerable, as Walmart is a leader in US retail. In the same vein, the government of Donald Trump is preparing to impose a federal ban on the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes, as anticipated CNBC, while some television networks decided to stop broadcasting their advertisements.

At the moment, there are records of 530 active smokers who have diseases and seven dead, according to recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the North American country. Recently, The Intransigent America had reported on the risks to those who are passive smokers of electronic cigarettes.