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.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the manufacturers of 13 different e-cigarette or vape companies.

New York sued several large e-cigarette manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday, saying they fueled a youth vaping epidemic by selling products with cartoonish packaging and flavors such as Baja Slushie,

The lawsuit targets the middlemen that distribute fruit- and candy-flavoured e-cigarettes like Puff Bar and Elf Bar to hundreds of convenience stories and gas stations across the state.