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While Trump and the federal government dithers, the staet of Washington has banned flavoured vapes and Massachusetts may not be far behind.<\/p>\n

Washington made the decision via executive order in October, but it’s not necessarily permanent. The ban is just for 120 days, but Gov. Jay Inslee has requested a permanent ban via state legislation.<\/p>\n

From a CNN.com article:<\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew Myers, president of the advocacy group Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, applauded Inslee and supported the call for a ban<\/a> on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in Washington state.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts to temporarily ban the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products<\/a><\/p>\n

“The time is now to end the youth e-cigarette epidemic, and Gov. Inslee’s call for prohibiting flavored e-cigarettes is exactly what we need,” Myers said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

“The evidence is clear that flavored e-cigarettes have fueled this epidemic — 97% of youth e-cigarette users report using a flavored product in the past month and 70% cite flavors as the reason for their use. The recent spate of serious lung illnesses associated with e-cigarette use has added to the urgency of acting now to protect our kids and, indeed, the health of all Americans,” he said in the statement. “We look forward to working with Gov. Inslee and state lawmakers to pass this legislation and end the youth e-cigarette epidemic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Massachusetts may be next.<\/p>\n

The state Senate of Massachusetts<\/a> approved a ban on all flavoured e-cig products and a 75 percent excise tax on e-cigs. The state house earlier approved a similar bill.<\/p>\n

The bill will be sent to a joint committee before being sent to Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican. Baker has not stated if he will approve it, but he did impose a temporary ban on e-cig sales after the rash of illnesses broke out earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The state of Michigan and the city of San Francisco have already banned the sale of e-cig flavours. San Francisco’s ban is a ban on all e-cig sales, period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Trump and the federal government dithers, the staet of Washington has banned flavoured vapes and Massachusetts may not be far behind. Washington made the decision via executive order in October, but it’s not necessarily permanent. The ban is just for 120 days, but Gov. Jay Inslee has requested a permanent ban via state legislation. … Continue reading Washington, Massachusetts ban flavoured vapes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/180327-vape-flavors-al-1051_b186cecc1b2c2c1c6b40cbaba76eb4bf.fit-760w.jpg?fit=760%2C547&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-17r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4260,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=4260","url_meta":{"origin":4305,"position":0},"title":"Washington to raise smoking, vaping age to 21","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"April 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington is the latest state that will be raising its smoking and vaping age to 21. 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