Administration should not exempt any flavor or vape shop from its plan
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Nov. 8, 2019

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Administration should not exempt any flavor or vape shop from its plan ([link removed])

Reports that the Trump administration may ease off its plan to remove all flavored e-cigarettes — including mint and menthol — from the market and consider allowing the continued sale of flavored e-cigarettes in vape shops is alarming. There’s no public health justification for such exemptions and if menthol or any other flavors are left on the market the evidence shows that young people will move to the remaining flavors.

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San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban upheld ([link removed])

Voters overwhelmingly rejected Prop. C, the ballot measure to overturn the ban on the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco until they undergo an FDA pre-market review. Considering that that measure was previously supported by JUUL Labs, this vote was a referendum on JUUL — but, as one local official put it, "voters saw right through JUUL's deception."

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Early on, JUUL knew it was hooking kids ([link removed])

A scathing investigative report from Reuters provides an insider’s look at JUUL’s early practices and uncovers appalling details about the company’s role in creating the youth vaping epidemic.

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A goal of severing ties with Big Tobacco ([link removed])

Earlier this year, Meharry Medical College accepted a $7.5 million grant from JUUL, but a vocal group of students is pushing back against the administration’s decision to accept tobacco industry money. Those activists are making the case that “not all money is good money.” Show your support and sign their online petition.

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Alpharetta, Georgia — A new ordinance prohibits businesses with more than 10% of sales coming from tobacco products within 2,000 feet of schools, religious institutions, government buildings, parks, residential dwellings or another smoke/vape shop.
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Illinois – The state Senate passed a bill that would amend the state’s smoke-free law to include the use of e-cigarettes and alternative nicotine products. The bill now moves to the state House for consideration.
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North Carolina — An amendment to raise the state’s excise tax on vaping products initially received bipartisan support in the legislature before a lobbyist for Reynolds American thwarted the plan.
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