“It was business as usual Wednesday when a Senate panel voted to pass legislation to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 for the second year in a row. This time around bill sponsor Sen. Travis Hutson has narrowly tailored the legislation more to Gov. Ron Desantis’ liking. It would appear the bill (SB 1080) is to many Senators liking as well. It unanimously passed the Committee on Health Policy Wednesday, and previously passed the Committee on Regulated Industries 9-0 earlier in March. The bill also splits up laws governing tobacco versus nicotine, because vaping products like e-cigarettes only contain nicotine and do not contain tobacco. Hutson said this change was to satisfy vaping companies. “We basically copied our tobacco statute and did a nicotine statute as well, so that they will be handled differently as it relates to taxation and regulation,” Hutson said.”
BILL TARLING — It looks to be a very welcomed achievement in getting even a little separation between tobacco products and E-liquid Vape Products [EVP] so that EVP’s don’t automatically get lumped in with every smoking and tobacco regulation or tax rate
ARTICLE LINK: Bill raising smoking age to 21 passes second Senate committee
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