Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
Right now, New York is engulfed in a red hot firefight with the illicit market for all things smoke and the City is losing badly. The slow and clumsy rollout of recreational cannabis has created a wild west market throughout the five boroughs and the state. Prohibition on flavored nicotine vapes has largely been ignored by retailers.
Lack of clarity over new regulations combined with insufficient enforcement resources has created an environment of lawlessness. Now in a policy move straight out of the Twilight Zone, Governor Hochul wants to pour gas on the dumpster fire with a ban on flavored tobacco that is playing right into the hands of smugglers, gangs, and organized crime.
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