A California vaping bill introduced would ban all flavored tobacco sales in stores. The legislation was announced by a bipartisan group that called flavored vaping products “death bait.”
Days after concerns over youth vaping led the Trump administration to announce a partial ban on many e-cigarette pods, California lawmakers on Monday introduced a much stronger measure to outlaw store sales of all flavored tobacco products in the state., announced Thursday, for a temporary ban on many candy- and fruit-flavored e-cigarette products that could be lifted if companies can convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the pods are safe.
The lawmakers cited a federal study that found some 5 million middle and high school students in 2019 reported having used e-cigarettes in a recent 30-day period, an increase from 3.6 million the year before.
The Vapor Technology Assn., which represents e-cigarette firms, opposes the new bill. The head of the group said the companies agree the devices should be kept away from minors. A spokesman for Juul Labs declined to comment on the new legislation Monday, saying the company is still reviewing the bill’s language.A similar attempt by Hill to ban all flavored tobacco products faced opposition from industry groups and wasAssemblyman Adam Gray , chairman of the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, later proposed a narrower bill that would allow flavored products to be sold at age-restricted vape and tobacco stores, and online with age-verification technology.
The new legislation was announced by a coalition of lawmakers that is nearly twice the size as the one behind last year’s similar bill and includes Republican Sen. Jim Nielsen of Tehama, as well as leading Democrats including Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Kevin Mullin of South San Francisco.
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