Vape shops are the corner stone of vaping. ALL Nicotine vaping products started as a mom and pop operations. From Hon Lik out of his pharmacy to Justin Chen Ceo of Geekvape with innovations with his atomizers creating a huge company. The first Big tobacco company to sell a vape is... British American Tobacco (BAT) was one of the first transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) to enter the market for e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS). It has been in the e-cigarette business since 2013, initially in the UK, then in the US, with its acquisition of R.J. Reynolds and its parent company Reynolds American Inc. (RAI). Vaping been around 10 years before BAT made their first vaping device VUSE solo in 2013 with the MGO (marketing granted order) from FDA in 2021.