Investors in China's two largest e-cigarette companies ran for the exits after Beijing signaled the controversial products will be treated more like tobacco cigarettes.
Shares of China's biggest vaping company, RLX Technology, dove almost 48% on Monday. The firm, which raised $1.4 billion with a New York Stock Exchange listing two months ago, does most of its business on the Chinese mainland.
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