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Massachusetts vaping ban driving up sales in New Hampshire

Massachusetts vaping ban driving up sales in New Hampshire
Stores in New Hampshire... know their audience. And with the vap ban over the border.. Business here is up. ==== 25:43 the name of the store says it all - first store in new hampshire, thats all you need to know. 49 Tayna Delisio... drove up from Mass... to buy her vapes. And she's not alone. Car after car... from Mass... skirting a ban on vapes. Opting t get them over the border in New Hampshire. 22:30 i'm at the borderline, they're just forcing me to drive a few miles north. 33 7:41 these are one of our biggest sellers, especially with the college kids. 45 4:18 i'd say a go 80 percent of my customers are massachusetts. 22 4:50 and they're coming buying bulk. 51 4:3 business has increased, definitely tripled, we are getting people coming all the way from the cape now to come here and buy juul pods. 42 Stores in Mass say they're losing out. 6 vape stores... have sued... over the 4 month ban. A judge deciding the ban will stay... for now. But... the state must re-write it... and factor in how it's hurting business. CLIP 0013 00:14 time is of the essence, because each day is costing all the vape shop owners money. 21 23:17 how often would you say you come across the border to buy some vapes? all the time. you can't sell them in Mass anyway, its illegal. so its the small businesses that are getting hurt by this. 29 === Unless something changes... The ban in Mass... will expire Christmas Eve. In Salem NH, SC WCVB NC5.
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Massachusetts vaping ban driving up sales in New Hampshire
A judge ruled that the statewide vaping ban will remain in effect for at least another week.

A judge ruled that the statewide vaping ban will remain in effect for at least another week.

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