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L.A. County supervisor proposes restrictions on e-cigs

by The AV Times Staff • September 19, 2018

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Tuesday previewed a move to regulate tobacco and e-cigarette retailers countywide, echoing alarms of an “epidemic” raised by the Food and Drug Administration.

Ridley-Thomas said he will ask for an ordinance that would require tobacco shops — including retailers of electronic and flavored tobacco products — to obtain a county business license that would be tied to new regulations.

A report last month by the county’s Department of Public Health included nine regulatory recommendations in addition to revising the definition of tobacco products to include e-cigarettes and cannabis. The recommendations include prohibiting the sale of menthol flavored cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products, as well as banning new tobacco retailers near schools, parks and libraries.

DPH estimated the cost of managing tobacco-related illnesses — including coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer — in Los Angeles County to be $4.3 billion annually.

The FDA announced an aggressive action last week warning manufacturers and sellers of e-cigarettes to end sales to minors or risk having products pulled from the market and possible civil or criminal charges.

The federal agency called teenage use of electronic cigarettes epidemic. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said more than 2 million middle and high school students regularly used e-cigarettes last year.

Federal law bans selling tobacco to anyone under 18.

The county health department also recommended support for efforts to reduce the use of cigarettes in films rated for youth. State Senate Resolution 143, which was referred back to an Assembly committee after an earlier failed vote, encourages the Motion Picture Association of American to give an “R” rating to almost any new film that shows tobacco use.

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2 comments for "L.A. County supervisor proposes restrictions on e-cigs"

  1. BanEverything says

    September 21, 2018 at 10:15 am

    “Obtain a county business license that would be tied to new regulations.”
    That just means they want money. Taxes.

    A better solution is to BAN it completely since that is the direction California is headed.
    BAN everything. Just give us a list of what we can and can’t do.

    • John C says

      September 25, 2018 at 3:16 pm

      Yeah just like Weed!….Wait nvm.

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