North Dakota Call to Action: HB 1186 needs to be amended to protect adult access to vapor products.

[JustJulie]

Like several states this year, North Dakota is considering bills to ban sales of e-cigarettes to minors. One of these bills, HB 1186, has some problems that need to be addressed, including provisions that would severely limit online sales of vapor products and deceptively define smoke-free vapor products as “electronic smoking devices.” Given the predominantly rural environment of North Dakota, this would likely restrict access to these smoke-free products for tens of thousands of residents.

Of course, this bill is being promoted as a means to protect children but, in reality, it will only protect combustible cigarettes which are readily available in thousands of locations throughout the state.

Please take action NOW to urge North Dakota lawmakers to amend HB 1186

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Link to Call to Action: CASAA: North Dakota Call to Action: HB 1186 needs to be amended to protect adult access to vapor products.

 

[Bill Godshall]

Yesterday, the North Dakota Senate unanimously approved HB 1186.
https://www.legis.nd.gov/lcn/counci...ewBillNumber=ec1a24e58643e1d7c2548aa22e39302a
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/64-2015/documents/15-0446-03000.pdf?20150325122052

Since the ND House passed the exact same version of HB 1186 back in February, I don't know why the bill was just referred back to the ND House (unless the ND legislative process requires the House to pass the same bill twice before it is sent to the governor.

 

[Bill Godshall]

Here's an article on the bill (and another bill that would ban e-cig sales to minors)
Rob Port: North Dakota shouldn’t treat vaping like smoking (HB 1078 & HB 1186)
http://watchdog.org/208227/vaping-north-dakota/

 

[amoret]

This one did, unfortunately, pass, complete with really ridiculous internet sales age verification procedures. The age verified signature delivery is particularly bizarre in a state where many small towns have no street mail delivery, post offices are often only open for two hours a day, and many people commute 50-100 miles to work each day.

 

[kkay59]

Amoret, I am so sorry to hear this. I believe Texas is going to be in the same exact boat. I am ticked.

 

[amoret]

Amoret, I am so sorry to hear this. I believe Texas is going to be in the same exact boat. I am ticked.

What I want to know is where North Dakota and Texas got the almost identical wording.

 

[Rlrick]

Here is the solution to all of this go to the debit card and credit card companies tell them that they can not issue credit or debit cards to anyone under the age of ??? . This will put the burden on the issuing card companies to make sure that whoever is making purchases on the internet is of legal age. This way the children are protected from purchasing online products that are not safe. While we are at this don’t let our children under the age limit to have cell phones for they kill, “texting and driving”, We don’t want them vaping since it is also more dangerous that cigarette smoking but they will be allowed to purchase cigarettes. Just a thought.