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Fresh Off New Funding And FDA Woes, Juul Pushes Into China

Update: 09/18/19: Days after Juul launched in China, Chinese retailers abruptly took off the products from their websites. Read more on or .听

As the FDA and Trump Administration crack down on , a San Francisco vaping company, has expanded into China, according to notices posted on two Chinese e-commerce sites: and .

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Juul has not responded to 小蓝视频色情网页版 News inquiries regarding its China launch since Monday. One that the company is spending nearly $100 million on brand building and marketing efforts within the region.

The international expansion comes in the wake of domestic turmoil. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that it will ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes, according to many sources. The ban, partially inspired after a slew of mysterious deaths from vaping-related illnesses, could affect a company like Juul which sells a variety of pod — the cartridge that goes inside of a vape — flavors, including mango and聽Cr猫me Br没l茅e.

Flavored e-cigarettes were banned in San Francisco earlier this year.

India, anticipating a similar expansion effort from Juul, is also looking at a crackdown. New Delhi is drafting a proposal that could make the production of e-cigarettes warrant a 鈥渏ail term up to three years,鈥 .

Juul鈥檚 expansion into China makes sense for several reasons. First, China has the world鈥檚 biggest population of smokers – roughly . Second, many manufacturing facilities are located in China. Third, China鈥檚 (example, ). This expansion and availability could, and would ideally, fight the problem of fake pods.

Juul鈥檚 definitely not the first company taking a swing at the market opportunity for e-cigarettes in China. In fact, , a former Juul chemist that helped create the first product, spun out her own e-cigarette startup as a smoking alternative: MystLabs. Its 20-person team is half based in San Francisco, and half based in Shenzhen, . This in mind, Juul is backed by billions in venture capital funding, so competitors may struggle to beat it due to sheer size.

Earlier this month, Juul raised over $780 million in debt financing.

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