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Michigan will become the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes, joining liberal US cities in an effort to curb teen vaping. The move comes on the heels of reports of a severe, rare and unexplained respiratory illness affecting heavy vape users.Michigan will become the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes, joining liberal US cities in an effort to curb teen vaping. The move comes on the heels of reports of a severe, rare and unexplained respiratory illness affecting heavy vape users.
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The Democrat announced the state health department would immediately ban retail and online sales of flavored e-cigarettes through an emergency rule-making process. The move will prohibit the sale and misleading marketing of flavored nicotine vaping products. Michigan’s Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the state health department would immediately ban retail and online sales of flavored e-cigarettes through an emergency rule-making process. The move will prohibit the sale, and the misleading marketing, of flavored nicotine vaping products.
“I’ve got teenagers at home,” Whitmer said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday. “I was talking with them about the prevalence of vaping in their schools, and it’s everywhere.”“I’ve got teenagers at home,” Whitmer said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday. “I was talking with them about the prevalence of vaping in their schools, and it’s everywhere.”
Whitmer said she is concerned about fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes being marketed to children as healthier alternatives to smoking. Whitmer said she was concerned about fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes being marketed to children as healthier alternatives to smoking.
“It would be great if, at the federal level, we knew there was a [US] Surgeon General warning on all vape products, that they were treated like tobacco, taxed like tobacco, but none of that is happening,” she said. She said: “It would be great if, at the federal level, we knew there was a [US] surgeon general warning on all vape products, that they were treated like tobacco, taxed like tobacco, but none of that is happening.”
Although there is no long-term evidence about the health effects of vaping, experts widely regard the devices as less harmful than smoking. However, more than 200 cases of severe, unexplained lung illness among heavy vape users has alarmed many doctors.Although there is no long-term evidence about the health effects of vaping, experts widely regard the devices as less harmful than smoking. However, more than 200 cases of severe, unexplained lung illness among heavy vape users has alarmed many doctors.
Recent US government surveys have found a more than 900% increase in vaping among high school students between 2011 and 2015, prompting an advisory from the US surgeon general on their popularity. Seven in 10 teens have been exposed to e-cigarette advertisements. Recent US government surveys found a more than 900% increase in vaping among high school students between 2011 and 2015, prompting an advisory from the US surgeon general on their popularity. Seven in 10 teens have been exposed to e-cigarette advertisements, studies have found.
The American Vaping Association, a lobbying group for the e-cigarette industry, called Whitmer’s call for new rules a “backdoor prohibition.” Without citing specific evidence, the group said the ban would hurt thousands of businesses and force adults to go back to smoking. The American Vaping Association, a lobbying group for the e-cigarette industry, called Whitmer’s call for new rules a “backdoor prohibition”. Without citing specific evidence, the group said the ban would hurt thousands of businesses and force adults to go back to smoking.
Some US cities have already moved to ban flavored e-cigarettes. New York City is considering bills to ban flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco, such as menthol, and a similar ban is already law in San Francisco. Researchers and anti-tobacco advocates in the US have taken a more hardline stance against e-cigarettes compared to the UK and continental Europe.
In June, San Francisco went a step further, and become the first US city to ban e-cigarettes outright. The new law is a reaction to the popularity of the leading e-cigarette brand, Juul, has among children. Some US cities have already moved to ban flavored e-cigarettes. New York is considering bills to ban flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco, such as menthol. In June, San Francisco went a step further, and became the first US city to ban e-cigarettes outright.
However, San Francisco’s ban has split public health experts. Many researchers have argued the devices helpmany low-income smokers move to a less destructive habit. Others argue an epidemic of teen vaping demands restrictions, even without fully complete scientific conclusions on the devices’ health effects. However, San Francisco’s ban has split public health experts. Many researchers have argued e-cigarettes help many low-income smokers move to a less harmful type of smoking. Others say an epidemic of teen vaping demands bans or restrictions, even without complete scientific conclusions on the devices’ health effects.
Vaping advocates are likely to challenge any new rules in court. Attempts to regulate e-cigarettes through the US Food and Drug Administration have been met with lengthy legal challenges by lobbying groups which often have close ties to traditional cigarette manufacturers. Steven Schroeder, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and an expert on smoking cessation, said he believes removing the flavor from e-cigarettes could also “reduce their appeal” to smokers trying to cut back.
Cigarette manufacturers have invested heavily in vaping in recent years. Altria, formerly known as Philip Morris, bought a more than one-third stake in Juul, the sleek vape which dominates the US market. RJ Reynolds owns its competitor, Vuse. He said: “How you weight that is, again, part of the big debate.”
Vaping advocates are likely to challenge any new rules in court. Attempts to regulate e-cigarettes through the US Food and Drug Administration have been met with lengthy legal challenges by lobbying groups, which often have close ties to traditional cigarette manufacturers.
Cigarette manufacturers have invested heavily in vaping in recent years. Altria, bought a more than one-third stake in Juul, the sleek vape that dominates the US market. RJ Reynolds owns its competitor Vuse.
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