look at financial point of view.

vaping kit, devices are all imported, they only tax it once when comes in.
NO GST when pass to consumer.
Juice, local produce, raw material no gst.
Imported juice, oso tax once.

whereas rokok, tax dono how many %, let me ask my dad, he works for JTI. from wat i heard vendor profit 70cents-RM1.10 per packet.
the rest company earn and pay tax to government.
so lets face it, gov don ban coz its unhealthy. is coz they don get the cut!!!! geddit?