New York State sued 13 flavored vaporizer sellers for allegedly targeting impressionable children with flashy ads, high nicotine content, and shady shipping practices.

In 2022 litigation, the co-founder of Buffalo-based Demand Vape told a federal judge that his company had sold more than $132 million worth of Elf Bar e-cigarettes in the past year. The company that makes Elf Bar is based in Shenzhen, China, and sells flavors including “strawberry mango” and “lemon mint.”