Michigan Bans Flavored E-cigs by FIAT

[CarolT]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said in an interview Tuesday that she ordered the ban after the state health department found youth vaping constituted a public health emergency. The action was officially announced Wednesday."

"The ban, which covers both retail and online sales, will go into effect as soon as the health department issues rules, sometime in the next 30 days. It will last for six months, and can be renewed for another six months, according to the governor’s aides. In the meantime, they said, the health department will develop permanent regulations banning flavored e-cigarettes. The legislature could try to block those rules, but would face a veto, they added."

The American Heart Association applauded the move. juul mewled approvingly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...f234c6-ce4c-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html

 

[bobwho77]

They're using the (manufactured) panic created by the (slanted and inaccurate) media coverage surrounding the recent outbreak of lung injuries "linked" to vaping because they have to "Do SOMETHING".
It's straight up IMHO, but there it is.
If they actually wanted to do something about "kids" vaping, raising the minimum age to purchase "tobacco products" to 21, and stepping up enforcement actions against the gas stations and convenience stores responsible for the majority of underage sales would accomplish more.
I might actually support that.
It would be far less disruptive to the people who are legally, and responsibly using vaping as a safer alternative to combustible cigarettes in their efforts to quit smoking.

 

[Adrienne Scott]

Does this prevent retailers from shipping e-liquids to customers in Michigan (for personal use, not for resale)?

 

[Izan]

The emotional and irrational hysteria in the US....

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Does this prevent retailers from shipping e-liquids to customers in Michigan (for personal use, not for resale)?

Yes. Online sales banned as well.

 

[WorksForMe]

Two state bills would thwart Michigan's ban on flavored nicotine vaping

 

[CarolT]

Two state bills would thwart Michigan's ban on flavored nicotine vaping

There was malware on that link.

 

[WorksForMe]

There was malware on that link.

Thanks. It didn't give me any problems, but I unlinked it anyway.

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