FDA clears Philip Morris’ iQOS, Altria plans to start selling heated tobacco device in the US this summer
VERMONT: (UPDATE) State senate making access to safer alternatives to smoking much more difficult for adults who smoke living in rural areas and towns without stores that sell the products. Tobacco/Vapor 21 and a 92% tax are also on the table.
Vermont lawmakers ban online sale of e-cigarettes, to reduce teen access
NEBRASKA: (UPDATE) Advocates successfully convinced lawmakers to reject the proposed indoor vaping ban and Tobacco and Vapor 21, changing the age to 19 to (hopefully) prevent 18-year-old high school students from buying for younger classmates.
Nebraska lawmakers move to raise legal age to 19 for smoking and vaping
ADVOCACY: And if you cannot or will not quit, vapor products will not only reduce your risks to very nearly non-smoking levels, they will also save you money. That is, of course, if governments STOP adding sin taxes to very low risk products that are actually helping people avoid smoking.
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Author: KNoll-Marsh