The hotly debated Trump administration partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes takes effect Thursday. Which vaping products will be affected? Which will still be available? And what happens next in the administration’s efforts to reduce teen vaping? Here are some answers:
What is happening this week?
The partial vape banwill affect most e-cigarettes that use pre-filled pods. These cartridges are designed for one-time use and have been embraced by teens. Sales of fruit-, dessert- and mint- flavored pods will be outlawed; menthol and tobacco flavors will escape prohibition. The pod-based products, which were popularized by Juul Labs, have been widely available in convenience stores and in some vape shops as well.
The goal of the restrictions is to reduce youth vaping, which health officials say has reached epidemic levels. Federal data released last fall showed that almost 28 percent of high school students had vaped in the previous 30 days, up from less than 12 percent in 2017.The White House initially indicatedit would ban even more products,but backed off amid objections from the vaping industry.
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