New York Considers Flavor Ban

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 09/11/2019

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation on Monday to ban flavored e-cigarettes statewide.

If the proposed legislation were to become law, New York would become the second state to ban flavored e-cigarettes following Michigan, which passed a ban on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, New York’s Department of Health has issued subpoenas to Honey Cut Labs, Floraplex Terpenes and Mass Terpenes after finding high levels of vitamin E acetate in these vapor companies’ products.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fingered vitamin E acetate as a possible factor in the recent spate of mysterious lung illnesses that have been linked to vaping.  Enditem