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Heads Up – News – Updates 6.12.2019

FDA finally releases pre-market guidance for vapor products. Lawmakers in Aspen, Colorado ban flavored low risk alternatives; municipalities in Connecticut and Minnesota pass Tobacco/Vapor 21. Heads Up for Tobacco/Vapor 21 in Benton County, Minnesota. Researchers warn smoke- and vapor-free laws in public housing may do more harm than good.

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IN THE NEWS: FDA finalizes guidance for pre-market “tobacco product” applications for vapor products “as part of commitment to continuing a strong oversight of e-cigarettes.”

FDA finalizes guidance for premarket tobacco product applications for electronic nicotine delivery systems as part of commitment to continuing a strong oversight of e-cigarettes


ASPEN, COLORADO: (UPDATE) City bans very low risk flavored vapor and smoke-free products, leaves most popular and highest risk product – regular cigarettes – freely sold everywhere. County looking to follow suit, adding tax and T21, as well.

Aspen bans flavored nicotine products, joins handful of communities


MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT: (UPDATE) City passes Tobacco/Vapor 21 law, denying adults 18-20 who smoke access to far safer alternatives and misleading public to believe vaping has the same health risks as smoking. Governor says he supports the same…

Manchester to ban tobacco, vaping sales for those under 21


WILKIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA: (UPDATE) County passes Tobacco/Vapor 21 law, denying adults 18-20 who smoke access to far safer alternatives and misleading public to believe vaping has the same health risks as smoking.

Wilkin County passes T21


RESEARCH: The Potential Consequences of the Smoke-Free (and now often vape-free) Public Housing Rule. HUD regulation overly penalizes “historically disadvantaged or otherwise vulnerable groups,” exposing them to increased risk of crime & homelessness.

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BENTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA: (HEADS UP!) County considering Tobacco/Vapor 21 law, denying adults 18-20 who smoke access to far safer alternatives and misleading public to believe vaping has the same health risks as smoking.

Benton County proposes law to raise tobacco purchasing age to 21