THE MORE YOU KNOW: (KENTUCKY) High school #smoking down to 14.3% (2017) from 16.9% (2016)! #Vaping products (2017) use at 14.1% (according to Truth Initiative). Clearly no “gateway effect,” yet health advocates still want to ban flavors/indoor use & tax??
POPE COUNTY, MINNESOTA: (UPDATE) County passed Tobacco 21 at December 7th meeting, goes into effect as early as Dec. 24th.
https://halfwheel.com/pope-county-minn-to-raise-tobacco-purchasing-age-to-21/287104
THE MORE YOU KNOW: “It’s astonishing and unconscionable, given the epidemic of smoking-related morbidity and mortality among people with mental health diagnoses, that these prominent institutions don’t have positions on vaping…” #THRsavesLives
By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS: (UPDATE) Village officials move forward on ordinance to prohibit adult smokers 18 – 20 from access to #vaping products.
Arlington Heights set to ban tobacco sales to those under 21