ENDS Chinese Vapes Act of 2026

Key Points

• This bill targets companies that bring illegal vapes into the country without permission from the government. It creates new fines for people who lie on customs forms or are careless about what they are shipping.
• The fines are based on how many individual vapes are in a shipment. A company could pay up to $5,000 for every single illegal vape if they intentionally tried to trick officials.
• If a company tries to hide where the vapes came from by shipping them through a third country, the fine doubles. Repeat offenders could face fines up to five times the normal amount.
• The goal is to stop the flow of unauthorized vapes that have not been reviewed for safety by the Food and Drug Administration. Most of these products currently come from China.
• The total fine for one shipment cannot be more than ten times the total price the vapes would sell for in stores.

Impact Analysis

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