“An effort to ban flavored tobacco and vape products in Kansas City failed a City Council committee vote Wednesday. Councilwomen Melissa Robinson and Ryana Parks-Shaw, who championed the legislation, said it was an issue of both public health and racial reconciliation. But Robinson and Parks-Shaw were the only members of the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee to support the legislation on Wednesday. Parks-Shaw, 5th District, made a motion to send the legislation to the full council without an endorsement by the committee, but even that fell short on a 4-2 vote. Another partial federal ban last year restricted flavored vape products, but again exempted menthol and some forms of vapes. The legislation, which the committee has considered on and off throughout the fall, would have closed gaps in previous flavored tobacco bans.”
ARTICLE LINK: Kansas City officials try to ban flavored tobacco, fall short
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