NJ vaping ban moves forward, but menthol cigarettes not affected

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NJ vaping ban moves forward, but menthol cigarettes not affected

The bills originally extended the ban to menthol cigarettes. But Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, a doctor who leads the Burlington County Health Department, said lawmakers wanted to know more about how banning menthols would affect the state’s cigarette tax revenue before taking action.

The non-partisan Office of Legislative Services estimated that cigarette and sales tax revenues could decrease by as much as $231 million, but even that estimate acknowledges that the real impact is uncertain because some menthol smokers might instead buy other cigarettes.

"This got started as a health debate," said Danish Iqbal, president of the New Jersey Vapor Rights Coalition, which represents about 250 vape shops in the state. "We’re not banning menthol cigarettes, we’re banning flavored vape in a state that’s hurtling toward the legalization of recreationally getting high. A police officer might well pull you over in two years and say that better be weed in your vape, not strawberries."

"We wholeheartedly support banning flavors for e-cigarettes," Corinne Orlando, of the American Heart Association, told the Senate Budget committee. "The reason why we’re opposed to the bill is we don’t feel it goes far enough. We feel that any attempt to address flavors needs to include all flavors. That’s menthol cigarettes, cigars — any tobacco product that has a flavor."

 

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NJ vaping ban moves forward, but menthol cigarettes not affected

Best of luck my NJ brothers and sisters.

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