Press Release: Tennessee House Agricultural Committee bans e-cigarette sales to minors

[kristin]

Yesterday, the Tennessee House Agricultural Committee passed a bill that bans the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors, however the devices will remain legally available for sale to adult smokers in Tennessee.

The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), a non-profit organization that works to ensure the availability of reduced harm alternatives to cigarette smoking that supports the sales ban to minors, became interested in the legislation when it was alerted that Section 18 of an earlier version of Tennessee House Bill 1729 would have made it a Class B Misdemeanor, punishable by a $10,000 fine, to sell electronic cigarettes to any citizen, regardless of age.

In a letter sent to members of the Tennessee House Agriculture Committee, CASAA Legal Director Yolanda Villa and Medical Director Theresa Whitt urged the Committee to remove Section 18 before passing the bill.

Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association: Tennessee House Agricultural Committee bans e-cigarette sales to minors

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