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Global Vape Culture: How Vaping Looks Different Around the World
Vaping in the UK is a public health tool. In the US, it's a regulatory battleground. In Japan, it barely exists—heated tobacco dominates. Vape culture is not universal. It's shaped by policy, history, and consumer preferences.
In the UK, vaping is integrated into the NHS smoking cessation strategy—recommended by doctors, available in stop-smoking services. In Australia, vaping requires a prescription—most vapers use the black market. In Japan, heated tobacco (IQOS) dominates—vaping is a niche. In India, vaping is banned entirely. **Vape culture is not universal. It's shaped by policy—what's legal, what's accessible, what's communicated about risk. The diversity of global vape cultures is a natural experiment in how policy shapes behavior.**
