CONSUMER ADVOCATES FOR SMOKE-FREE ALTERNATIVES ASSOCIATION

Trump Administration's Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Does More Harm

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Electronic cigarettes, Human behavior, Carcinogens, Electronic cigarette, Smoking, Cannabis, Vape shop, Usage of electronic cigarettes

Flavored vapor products were developed by consumers who wanted better quality and more effective alternatives to smoking.

Key Points: 
  • Flavored vapor products were developed by consumers who wanted better quality and more effective alternatives to smoking.
  • That grassroots entrepreneurship and innovation is at the core of the vaping community and the industry it supports.
  • Prohibiting them means that millions of people who vape are at higher risk of returning to smoking or seeking products through other means.
  • Meanwhile, young people will still try risky behaviors--including cannabis, alcohol, sex, texting while driving, and nicotine products.

Governor Whitmer's Executive Ban on Vapor Products Is a Hazard to Public Health

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Psychoactive drugs, Alkaloids found in Erythroxylum coca, Anorectics, Anxiolytics, Nicotine, Teratogens, Ban, Whitmer

Governor Whitmer's ban makes Michigan the first state in the nation to become a breeding ground for black market nicotine products.

Key Points: 
  • Governor Whitmer's ban makes Michigan the first state in the nation to become a breeding ground for black market nicotine products.
  • The public health effects from the rise of tainted products, organized crime, and the likely increase in smoking will end up orders of magnitude greater than what the Governor sees through blinkered eyes as the problem.
  • "Governor Whitmer is leaping to the prohibition endgame without considering the dramatic negative effect this will have on Michigan's public health.
  • If there was any policy that would make these products more risky, a flavor ban is at the top of the list.