MSN: Oregon flavor ban is dead

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Oregon Senate bill to ban flavored vaping products dead after revenue concerns

A ban on the sale and distribution of flavored vaping products will not move forward in the Oregon Legislature this session after an analysis of the revenue impact of a ban caused the bill to lose Democratic support.

The bill would now require that anyone selling tobacco or vaping products must do so from a location licensed by the state. It was passed out of committee on a party-line vote and will head to the budget writing Joint Ways and Means Committee.

Oregon is one of only eight states that does not have a retail tobacco licensure system, said Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Portland.