One metropolis lawmaker needs to ban the sale of all disposable e-cigarettes — a transfer she says will assist stomp out underage vaping within the Massive Apple.
Council member Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) will introduce a invoice Thursday that will ban single-use vapes, which she stated are the popular possibility over refillable e-cigarettes for a lot of underage nicotine customers.
“We wouldn’t hand our kids a pack of cigarettes, so why would we endanger their well being and their future by exposing them to nicotine-filled disposable vapes?” Menin stated.
“The information is evident.”
The transfer follows a 2020 ban on flavored vapes and e-liquids beneath beneath then-Mayor Invoice de Blasio.
Menin stated banning disposable e-cigs will lastly shut the loophole and cease the “flood of unlawful flavored vapes” that may result in extra severe substance abuse, compromise mind growth and trigger respiratory points.
If the invoice passes, distributors who violate the ban could be slapped with a $1,000 nice for a primary offense and as much as $5,000 for third and subsequent violations.
Menin’s proposal comes simply weeks after town launched one other lawsuit concentrating on Lengthy Island-based Worth Level Distributors Inc. who promote colourful candy-flavored vapes.
In July 2023, the Adams administration additionally filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to 4 main distributors, and in April 2024 introduced a second lawsuit in opposition to 11 native wholesalers.
Each instances are nonetheless ongoing.
A couple of in six New York highschool college students reported utilizing e-cigarettes, 2019 metropolis knowledge revealed.
The Nationwide Youth Tobacco Survey stated one in 10 US center and highschool college students — or greater than 2.5 million youngsters — used e-cigarettes in a 30-day pattern interval.
A survey performed only one 12 months later by the group reported that flavored e-cigarettes stay the “hottest merchandise” amongst youngsters.
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