U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he plans to introdu...
- U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products, including vaping devices, to 21 from 18 to curb their “epidemic” use among teens.
“For some time, I’ve been hearing from the parents who are seeing an unprecedented spike in vaping among their teenage children. ... Unfortunately, it’s reaching epidemic levels around the country,” the Republican senator from Kentucky said in a statement. In a statement, Altria Group Chief Executive Howard Willard said the company “strongly supports” McConnell’s move, calling it “the most effective action to reverse rising underage e-vapor usage rates.” A representative for British American Tobacco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Altria made a big bet on e-cigarettes in December with its $12.8 billion purchase of a 35 percent stake in Juul Labs Inc, which makes a sleek line of devices that became popular among teenagers, prompting an FDA crackdown.
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