“Washington and Del. Jazz M. Lewis (D-Prince George’s) are sponsoring legislation that would ban liquid additives intended for use in e-cigarettes as well as a longtime industry staple, menthol cigarettes. Bruce C. Bereano, the lobbyist for the Maryland Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, said the proposed legislation — House Bill 134 and Senate Bill 177 — is unnecessary because sales to persons under 21 are already illegal. “The argument about the children is an absolute Trojan Horse and really has no merit whatsoever,” he said. “The state of Maryland has already banned these products” for people who are under-age. “What government has failed to do is enforce the law,” he added. “What these laws are going to impact is adults.””
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