Last week, with a vote of 42 to 2, the New York City Council passed a bill to ban all flavoured vaping products and e-cigarettes, with the exception of tobacco flavours.
Earlier this year, Council Health Chair Mark Levine had introduced Ordinance 1362, with the aim of banning flavoured vaping products across the city. “Vaping has reached epidemic levels among teens, with life-long implications for young people who become addicted to nicotine,” said Levine at the time.
“One of the tools the industry has used to draw in teenagers is candy flavors like chocolate mint, blueberry, or cherry crush. These flavored smoking products disproportionately attract younger consumers, which is why New York City long-ago banned flavored tobacco. It’s time we did the same for e-cigarettes,” he added.
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