Aside from being far less damaging than cigarettes, e-cigarettes are a homegrown product, invented in China in 2003. But, despite considerable progress in China’s e-cigarette industry – in 2013, Shenzhen province housed 900 manufacturers of the devices, up 200% from 2012, and accounted for over 95% of global e-cigarette production – traditional cigarettes still dominate the Chinese market.