Bid to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes in Vermont
New legislation to ban flavored tobacco products is now before the Vermont General Assembly.
Vermont lawmakers are preparing for legislation that would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in the state.
In January of this year, the American Lung Association rated the U.S. state of Vermont received an overall failing grade for its tobacco control efforts.
“In Vermont, our high school tobacco use rate remains 28.2%,” said Alex Crimmin, the American Lung Association’s specialist for health promotions in Vermont, in a statement.
“The surge in youth vaping combined with the fact that smoking increases the chance of severe COVID-19 symptoms, make it more important than ever for Vermont to implement the proven measures outlined in ‘State of Tobacco Control’ to prevent and reduce tobacco use,” Crimmin added.
Williston, VT | January 27, 2021
Even amid the pandemic, tobacco use remains a serious public health threat. In addition to tobacco-related death and disease, smoking also increases the risk of the most severe impacts of COVID-19, making ending tobacco use more important than ever. This year’s “State of Tobacco Control” report from the American Lung Association grades federal and state efforts to reduce tobacco use and calls for meaningful policies that will save lives. The report finds that Vermont had mixed grades on its efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use, earning two failing grades for tobacco prevention and control funding and for flavored tobacco products, with State the earning an A and two Bs in the remaining categories.