U.S. e-cigarettes dollar sales 2018, by channel

This statistic features U.S. dollar sales of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in 2018, broken down by channel. In that year, online sales of e-cigarettes amounted to about 800 million U.S. dollars.Electronic cigarettesElectronic cigarettes – also known as e-cigarettes, e-cigs, hookah pens or vape pens – belong to the tobacco products segment. The smoking device is battery-powered, often shaped like a traditional cigarette and stimulates the feeling of smoking. E-cigarettes first hit the market in 2004 and have seen tremendous growth since then. Industry experts see high growth potential in this evolving business and assume the consumption of e-cigarettes to outpace the usage of traditional cigarettes within the next decade.In the United States, retail sales of e-cigs totaled to about 3.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. Broken down by channel, traditional brick and mortar retailers were still the most likely to be the point-of-purchase for electronic cigarettes. The key to the future of e-cigarettes in the United States appears to be in how the tobacco category will be treated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The industry is now awaiting the newly proposed plan of the FDA for how they are going to regulate the rising industry. The plan proposes having every e-cigarettes product approved by the FDA before being sold on the market.

本统计数据展现了2018年电子香烟（电子烟）以美元计算的销售额，并按销售渠道进行细分。当年，电子烟的在线销售额约为80亿美元。电子香烟，亦称电子烟、电子烟弹、水烟笔或蒸汽笔，属于烟草制品类别。该吸烟设备由电池供电，通常形似传统香烟，并模拟吸烟的感觉。电子香烟首次于2004年进入市场，自那时以来经历了显著的增长。行业专家认为，这一不断发展的业务具有巨大的增长潜力，并预测未来十年内电子烟的消费将超越传统香烟的使用。在美国，2018年电子烟的零售销售额总计约为38亿美元。按渠道细分，传统的实体零售商仍然是电子香烟最可能的购买点。美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）对烟草类别的处理似乎决定了电子香烟在美国的未来。行业目前正等待FDA提出的关于如何监管这一新兴行业的全新计划。该计划提议在电子香烟产品上市销售前，需经FDA批准。