Ukraine’s business police, known as the Bureau of Economic Security, searched and confiscated products from e-cigarette sellers in 12 regions, including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Zakarpattia, Pavlo Buzdyhan, the bureau’s deputy director, told the Kyiv Independent.



I disagree with your entire premise that raids have anything to do with demand on an addictive product.
See all illegal substances, and their demand across the board - so much demand that people risk fines and imprisonment to deliver these items.
I honestly don’t understand how you can purport to know the cost-benefit ratio of police salaries, nicotine vape sales, and the tax revenue they generate; it seems like you’re talking out of your hind quarters.