“Since they are unregulated, they could contain dangerous substances that can cause long-term damage to users,” a longtime cop familiar with illegal vaping devices said.
New York parents are being warned that illegal vaping devices disguised as school supplies — including highlighters, USB drives and ballpoint pens — are being peddled just in time for fall.
The devices are being sold on the Internet and black market and come from overseas, according to the New York Association of Convenience Stores. “These predatory overseas products are clearly targeted to kids and intentionally manufactured to look like school supplies to evade detection from teachers and parents,” said NYACS President Kent Sopris in a release., including mango, strawberry banana and blueberry ice.
The organization is urging parents and teachers to be on the lookout to prevent the dangerous devices from getting into the hands of children. Stefan Bjes, a patrol sergeant who has served with a police department in Chicago’s suburbs for more than 19 years and who also served as a school resource officer, warned these illegal and unregulated devices are “driving the“Disposable vapes in kid-enticing flavors are illegal in the United States, yet are still widely available and criminally trafficked in stores nationwide,”
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