“In the name of fighting Big Tobacco, lawmakers are about to ban those nicotine products that help smokers break their deadly smoking habit — while ensuring that only the most dangerous tobacco products are still available. Actually, the Hill bill isn’t even a “half” measure, given that cigarettes account for far more than half of all tobacco use, and the bill doesn’t address their sales. In fact, it might lead to a boost in the cigarette business. If the Senate gives a final OK and the governor signs it, California smokers will no longer readily be able to buy e-cigarettes, even though they are 95 percent less dangerous than cigarettes. A flavor ban is essentially a sales ban on vaping given that nearly all vape liquids have a characterizing flavor. Hill doesn’t want the company to even imply that these less dangerous products could help people stop smoking. In Senate Bill 793, lawmakers agreed to exempt the retailers of high-end cigars and pipe tobacco as well as hookah lounges, but refused to exempt many other products.”
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