Vaping Without Nicotine Receives Votes To Be Prohibited In New York

New York City, which is a predominant megalopolis in the world, is made to be the biggest city that bans non-tobacco vaping products in its nation. A vote has been conducted by the authorities with the result of 42-2. Then, the deputy press secretary said Mayor Bill de Blasio would decide whether to pass the law of banning those kinds of e-cigarettes or not.  

As a matter of fact, the purpose of the bill is to discourage youth vaping. Recently, one Commissioner of the New York City Health Department has provided the proofs that recorded the teen’s use of e-cigarettes in many secondary schools.  

In an interview with CNBC, the law pioneer as well as the health-committee chief - Mark Levine claimed that they were eventually tackling the issue namely addiction caused by nicotine-free e-cigarettes among teenagers after a long period of time with no solution found. With the help of the voting result, every kind of fruity-flavored vape which foremost attracts the young will probably be prohibited by the City Council.  

Together with Massachusets and Michigan’s respectively permanent and interim ban on non-tobacco vape products, New York City has successfully raised the average age of users to approximately 21. Notably, a telling example for the campaign is an in-court stop of selling flavored e-cigarettes. 

During this week, in many big states like California or cities such as New York and Washington, D.C., lawyers have brought the prosecution against Juul - and e-cigarettes producer which is accused of aiming at juvenile customers by tricky marketing strategies. Its flavorful nicotine-free vape pods were also forced to cease producing by regulators with the same concerns.