Chinese e-cigarette company Smoore has opened what it is calling the vaping industry’s first laboratory to test for extractable and leachable (E&L) substances.

The Shenzen-based company hopes the laboratory will put it at the forefront of Chinese industry standards at a time when both the domestic market and many export markets are coming under increasing regulatory scrutiny.

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