A city lawmaker wants to ban the sale of all disposable e-cigarettes – a move she says would help curb underage vaping in the Big Apple.
Council Member Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) will introduce a bill Thursday that would ban single-use vapes, which she said are the preferred option over refillable e-cigarettes for many underage nicotine users. Is.
“We wouldn’t give our kids a pack of cigarettes, so why would we jeopardize their health and their future by exposing them to nicotine-filled disposable vapes?” Menin said.
“The data is clear.”
The move follows a ban on flavored vapes and e-liquids in 2020 Under then Mayor Bill de Blasio,
Menin said banning disposable e-cigarettes would eventually close the loophole and stop “the flood of illicit flavored vapes”, which can lead to more serious substance abuse, impair brain development and Respiratory problems may occur.
If the bill passes, sellers who violate the ban would be fined up to $1,000 for the first offense and up to $5,000 for the third and subsequent violations.
Menin’s proposal comes just weeks after the city launched another lawsuit targeting Long Island-based Price Point Distributors Inc., which makes the sales. Colorful Candy-Flavored Vapes,
In July 2023, the Adams administration also filed a federal lawsuit against four major distributors, and announced in April 2024 Second case against 11 local wholesalers,
Both the cases are still going on.
2019 city data showed that more than one in six New York high school students reported using e-cigarettes.
The National Youth Tobacco Survey said one in 10 U.S. middle and high school students — or more than 2.5 million children — used e-cigarettes in the 30-day sample period.
A survey conducted by the organization just one year later reported that flavored e-cigarettes remained the “most popular product” among teenagers.
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