New York state officially bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes

It’s official! As part of the state’s annual budget, New York now prohibits the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes. The legislation ends tobacco sales in pharmacies and bans tobacco coupons and other price discounts.

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Empowering youth to #WerkItFromHome

As the world continues to stay home and social distance, truth^® announced a new TikTok challenge last week that encourages youth to #WerkItFromHome. In just one week, the challenge has generated 2.4 billion views.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Montgomery County, Maryland – The county council passed bills that prohibits the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, except tobacco-flavored, in retail stores within a half mile of any library, park, playground or recreational facility and the sale of any e-cigarettes in retail stores within a half mile of any middle or high school.
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New York State – Gov. Cuomo signed into law the state’s annual budget which prohibits the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes unless approved as part of an FDA pre-market approval, all tobacco products in pharmacies, and bans coupons and manufacturer discounts and displays in shops.
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Utah – Gov. Herbert signed into law a bill that requires retailers that sell flavored e-cigarettes to have tobacco specialty store retail licenses. Tobacco, mint, and menthol flavors are exempt.
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