Governor Cuomo bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in New York


Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking motion towards digital cigarettes.


On Saturday, the New York governor announced an emergency govt motion to ban the sale of flavored digital cigarettes in-state.


Gov. Cuomo tweeted the information and famous that State police and the New York Division of Well being will "ramp up enforcement towards retailers who promote to underage youth" and he'll proceed to "advance laws to get rid of misleading advertising and marketing of e-cigarettes" to younger individuals.




Gov. Cuomo's emergency motion comes after a "series of actions to fight the rising variety of youth utilizing vape merchandise." E-cigarette firms have confronted an excessive amount of backlash for advertising and marketing flavored merchandise, apparently to younger individuals in hopes of attractive them to attempt vapes, which might finally result in a rise in teen vaping and youth nicotine habit.


"New York is confronting this disaster head-on and right this moment we're taking one other nation-leading step to fight a public well being emergency," Gov. Cuomo mentioned at right this moment's occasion.


"Producers of fruit and candy-flavored e-cigarettes are deliberately and recklessly focusing on younger individuals, and right this moment we're taking motion to place an finish to it. On the identical time, unscrupulous shops are knowingly promoting vaping merchandise to underage youth — these retailers are actually on discover that we are ramping up enforcement and they are going to be caught and prosecuted."



Earlier this week, after studies of doable vape-related illnesses sparked concern within the medical world, President Trump additionally shared his thoughts on flavored vape merchandise together with a need to control them.


"It isn't an exquisite factor," Trump mentioned about vaping. "It is bought massive issues we’ve bought to search out out the extent of the issue."


First Woman Melania Trump additionally chimed in on the subject and expressed her concern in a tweet about "the rising epidemic of e-cigarette use in our youngsters."



As Mashable noted in an earlier piece, Alex Azar, the U.S. Secretary of Well being and Human Providers, mentioned the specifics of the ban would take a number of weeks to place collectively. After the specifics are launched the ban would then take 30 days to enter impact, and would take away all flavors, besides tobacco, from the market.


The plan would reportedly let producers of flavored vapes apply for FDA approval in 2020.






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