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INDIANA: (HEADS UP!) If you’re 18 – 20 years old, you can vote, get married, go into debt & fight for your country, but if this bill passes…you won’t be able to buy very low risk vapor or alternative tobacco products that can help you quit smoking!
Ind. senator co-sponsors bill prohibiting sales of tobacco, e-cigarettes to anyone under 21
IN THE NEWS: (INDIANA) Health Dept. says recent hospitalizations for lung illness, reported in media as “vaping,” is actually the result of “dabbing” black market substances. “A new way many people are smoking ………, using oils, extracts, or concentrates.”
IU Health Arnett Doctor Marc Estes says “Probably not directly correlated to the vaping itself opposed to what these individuals are vaping.”
CASAA believes this is is likely true for cases reported in “cluster” of nearby states Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota,
Health officials warn people about vaping inappropriate substances
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA: (HEADS UP!) PUBLIC HEARING TUES. 9/17 @ 1PM! If you’re 18 – 20 years old, you can vote, get married, go into debt & fight for your country, but you won’t be able to buy very low risk products that can help you quit smoking!
Wright County to hold public hearing on T21 ordinance
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK: (HEADS UP!) COMMITTEE MEETING WED. 8/21 to discus proposed ban on flavored vape products! Lawmakers wrongly believe adult vapers don’t “need” non-tobacco flavors and teens won’t want tobacco-flavored (even though teens still smoke regular cigarettes). PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 9/11, 4:00 PM.
Law introduced to ban flavored e-cigarette ‘juice’ in Cattaraugus Co.
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI: (UPDATE) Ordinance to treat vaping the same as smoking and prohibit use in multi-unit PRIVATE residences FAILS TO PASS. Without any evidence of harm to bystanders, city still considering banning public indoor & OUTDOOR use.
Effort would ban people from smoking in Independence apartments
LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA: (HEADS UP!) Tobacco/Vapor 21 2nd reading in 2 weeks! If you’re 18 – 20 yrs old, you can vote, get married, go into debt & fight for your country, but you won’t be able to buy very low risk products that can help you quit smoking!
Litchfield City Council approves raising tobacco age to 21
RESEARCH: Yet another survey shows NO “GATEWAY EFFECT” to smoking with teen vaping. Although 30% of high school students in LA reported ever trying vapor products (even 1 puff) & 10% reported regularly using vapor products, actual CIGARETTE SMOKING had DROPPED to 1.7% “HISTORIC LOW” in 2018.
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA: (HEADS UP!) If you’re 18 – 20 years old, you can vote, get married, go into debt & fight for your country, but if this passes…you won’t be able to buy low risk vapor/alternative tobacco products that can help you quit smoking!
Golden Valley Considers Raising Age to Buy Tobacco – CCX Media
COMMENTARY: (JACOB SULLUM, REASON) Two dozen patients hospitalized in the Midwest all reportedly vaped something at some point, but we don’t know what it was or whether it caused their symptoms. Blaming breathing problems on “vaping” is like blaming food poisoning on eating.
Blaming Breathing Problems on ‘Vaping’ Is Like Blaming Food Poisoning on Eating