The House of Representatives will vote today on the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act which will ban all flavored “tobacco” products. The bill, H.R. 2339, is not just directed at tobacco products as the bill’s name suggests but seeks to outlaw flavored electronic cigarette products. The bill is expected to pass the House but its fate in the Senate is less certain.
Anti-vaping advocates have pushed for a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes (e-cigs) because, they assert, flavored e-cigs have addicted millions of teenagers to nicotine with alluring and seductive flavorings. Therefore, the only solution to this teen e-cig or vaping “epidemic” is to remove the products entirely from the marketplace.
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