New Yorkers react to Mayor Adams' latest move to enforce the flavored vape ban
Mayor Eric Adams is trying to cut New York City’s supply of flavored vapes off at the source by blocking major distributors from shipping to retailers in the five boroughs. Anti-vaping activists said they are encouraged by the mayor’s announcement on Monday. But some New York City vapers said they are skeptical about the mayor’s ability to eradicate an ever-changing array of products from local stores.
“They're pretty much at every smoke shop or deli you go to,” said Ethan Borsari, a 20-year-old student who was holding a passion kiwi-flavored Flum Pebble while chatting with a friend in Washington Square Park on Wednesday afternoon. “I did not know they were banned in the city at all because I see them everywhere.”
The pair recently launched an initiative to have volunteers visit stores across the five boroughs to see if flavored vapes were available and then make complaints to 311. Between February and June 2023, volunteers visited 313 stores and found flavored nicotine e-cigarettes for sale at 60% of them, according toBerkman and Fuhrman continue to advocate for a bigger crackdown on retailers but also voiced support for the city’s effort to hit upstream suppliers.
Some New York City vapers who spoke to Gothamist expressed particular concerns about the risks of buying unregulated products and the lack of consistency among the vape brands for sale in the city. The Food and Drug Administration has only“It was almost impossible to find any consistency or continuity among products,” said Upper West Sider Anna Miles, 36, who recently quit vaping because she was worried about her nicotine consumption and felt the devices were like “an adult pacifier.
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