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=== | ===2020, Jul 28 - [https://www.thr101.org/research/2020/vaping-up-smoking-increasing-among-teens-in-san-francisco-despite-bans?fbclid=IwAR3c1Btc2Fy4pr_7Y5e407Lwd44n2bDAcGFsjsYAghlckHbexJGXi-WAX5g VAPING UP, SMOKING INCREASING AMONG TEENS IN SAN FRANCISCO - DESPITE BANS]=== | ||
* | *Written by: Lindsey Stroud, Tobacco Harm Reduction 101 | ||
* | *In April 2018, the ban on flavored e-cigarettes and vapor products went into effect in San Francisco and in January, 2020, the city had implemented a full ban on any electronic vapor product. Unfortunately, these endeavors have failed to lower youth tobacco and vapor product use. | ||
* | *Although addressing youth tobacco and vapor product use is laudable, existing evidence continues to show that flavor bans don’t work and in fact, threaten harm reduction options for millions of American adults that have used e-cigarettes to quit smoking. | ||
=Journalists / Writers / Media Discuss the Issue= | |||
===2021, Mar 23 - [https://filtermag.org/vermont-ban-vapes-menthol/ Vermont’s Dilemmas in Bid to Ban Both Flavored Vapes and Menthol Cigarettes]=== | |||
*The implications are two-fold: First, a ban on menthol cigarettes, as we’ve seen with prohibitions of flavored vapes in Massachusetts and New York, would probably force consumers to an illicit market where they use these products without regulatory protections; and second, such laws would be enforced, potentially increasing the number of interactions between police and people of color. | |||
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=Public Policy and Think Tank Representatives Discuss the Issue= | |||
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* | ===2021, Feb 9 - [https://reason.org/commentary/maryland-should-reject-an-unfair-and-ineffective-flavored-tobacco-ban/ Maryland Should Reject Unfair and Ineffective Flavored Tobacco Ban]=== | ||
*Guy Bentley - Reason Foundation | |||
*When politicians consider adopting a new law, they rarely have the opportunity to examine a controlled experiment showing the results from nearly the exact policy they are proposing being put to the test. Maryland has such a chance. All it needs to do is look at Massachusetts. | |||
*There are criminal justice reform reasons, public health justifications, and financial facts that show why Maryland should reject an unfair and ineffective flavored tobacco ban. | |||
=Summation: What Does the Science Say? Do Flavors Have Any Value?= | |||
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