Cities and towns across the country have watched a proliferation of vape shops waft across the landscape over the past half-decade, and Sugar Land, Texas, is no different. With about a dozen stores ...

Hampton Mayor Jimmy Gray said it felt like every retail vacancy in the city was being replaced by a vape shop, and the city needed more control over where the businesses can operate.

Traders say the shops are having an adverse effect on footfall in the town.

New regulations limit where vape shops can operate, including distance requirements from schools, universities and other vape ...