“While lawmakers warned the vaping illnesses underscored largely unknown e-cigarette health risks, pro-vaping groups noted the lung injuries have been linked to marijuana, revealing a robust and unsafe illicit market for vapes. โIf the New York Legislature decides to wrongly focus on a flavor ban, then it should prepare for a black market where hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers seek out their flavored vapor products from unregulated sources, as opposed to from the well-regulated, professional retailers already licensed by the state to sell tobacco products,โ Abboud said. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-Manhattan, said the ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป needs to include every nicotine flavor product”
BILL TARLING – “every nicotine flavor product” wouldn’t include Pharma NRT products as they’re protected under a different act, even though they have over a 90% failure rate
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