Vape Shops Face a Choice: Close or Rebrand?
The law, they say, penalizes adults who turned to vaping as a way to quit smoking tobacco, which each year causes diseases that kill seven million people worldwide, including about 480,000 people in the United States.
A study by the New England Journal of Medicine released last year found that e-cigarettes were nearly twice as effective as other nicotine replacement products, like patches and gum, for quitting smoking.
“Every smoker who does not quit because of a lack of availability of flavors is a public health failure for the state of New Jersey,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American vaping Association, a pro-vaping advocacy group.