Tobacco harm reduction news for February 7, 2019. Anti-harm reduction laws in Hawaii, Oklahoma, Indiana and Colorado.
https://bit.ly/2ULEcZO
INDIANA: (HEADS UP!) Separate bills would deny adult #smokers and #vapers 18-20 access to much safer alternative #vaping products, and add a 4¢ per ml tax to vaping products. Separate bill would add 8¢ per ml tax.
Indiana could raise smoking age, start vaping liquids tax
PURCELL, OKLAHOMA: (HEADS UP!) City bans use of all #vaping products on all OUTDOOR city property “open to the general public for recreational purposes.” Shockingly, article states “possession” alone is also a misdemeanor, even if not being used!
No smoking, vaping
HAWAII: (HEADS UP!) House Bill 387 would prohibit consumers from receiving #vaping and smoke-free tobacco products ordered or purchased through a remote sale (ie. no direct online sales), and applies cigarette and tobacco tax laws to #vapor products.
https://bit.ly/2SeHEiR
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This article was originally published at CASAA
Author: KNoll-Marsh