Irish vaping companies make healthy profits as legislation plays catch-up

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“It is a profitable business if your rent is not too high and you are in a good area,” says Alexandru Pescar. He opened Ireland’s first “bricks and mortar” e-cigarette shop in Dublin in July 2011. Now has three shops – two in Dublin and one in Mullingar, Co Westmeath – as well as a distribution business. The prevalence of vape shops in Ireland’s cities and towns supports the contention that the e-cigarette business is a profitable one, as does what has been described as the “explosion” in the sale of disposable vapes in supermarkets, petrol stations and telephone repair...