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E-Cigarettes’ Popularity is Dropping Fast

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California Department of Public Health Calls E-Cigarettes A Health Threat And Calls For Regulation
SAN RAFAEL, CA - JANUARY 28: E-Cigarette vaporizers are displayed at Digital Ciggz on January 28, 2015 in San Rafael, California. The California Department of Public Health released a report today that calls E-Cigarettes a health threat and suggests that they should be regulated like regular cigarettes and tobacco products. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Sales of e-cigarettes have dropped sharply in recent months while expected growth for the products is being cut.

Customers have become increasingly dissatisfied with the electronic items, the Wall Street Journal reports. In fact, “cigalike” device sales from Big Tobacco companies are expected to plunge 21% for the quarter ending Oct. 31, according to the newspaper, citing figures from Nielsen.

Meanwhile, the Journal says e-cigarettes’ compound annual growth rate is expected to plunge to 57% from 114%, according to Euromonitor data.

“Consumers are disenchanted right now with these products,” said Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog in an interview with the Journal. “It’s not that different from diet soda.”

The devices reportedly don’t offer the same experience as non-electric cigarettes. For instance, nicotine takes longer to enter the body, which is part of the reason why users are switching back to regular tobacco products.

There’s also pending Food and Drug Administration approval on final rules, which is partially hurting the industry’s sales, according to the newspaper.

“That’s creating stagnation,” Dimitris Agrafiotis, chief operations officer at Mountain Oak Vapors, told the Journal. “We have a big uphill battle if we can’t accurately describe our product.”

 

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Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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