Bill Would Ban Flavored Tobacco Products At California Stores
Sen. Jerry Hill authored the bill with 17 other lawmakers
Sales of flavored tobacco products would be banned from California stores and vending machines if Senate Bill 38 were to become law.
The bill would ban the sale of all forms of flavored tobacco products from cigarettes, cigars and chew to nicotine-laced juice for e-cigarettes.
California Sen. Jerry Hill authored the bill, with 17 other lawmakers, to specifically address the explosive growth of flavored e-cigarette juice among teens as young as middle school.
“What shocked me and would shock anyone is, when you look at the statistics in one year — from 2017 to 2018 — there is a 78 percent increase in high school students smoking e-cigarettes and in middle school, that’s the most troubling. A 48 percent increase in smoking of e-cigarettes in one year,” said Hill.
Hill accuses the vape industry of creating products that are designed to appeal to young users.
To Read The Rest Of This Article On NBC, Click Here
