Los Angeles is proposing the prohibition of the sale of all e-cigarette and vaping devices until they're deemed safe. San Francisco has passed a similar law.
A Los Angeles city councilman has proposed banning all e-cigarettes and vaping devices in the city — a measure that would be one of the most extreme steps yet to curb an outbreak of lung illnesses linked to vaping.
“The reports of illness and death caused by unregulated vaping devices is a public health crisis,” reads the motion introduced by Councilman Paul Koretz. “Los Angeles is not content to wait and do nothing as the numbers of illnesses and even deaths associated with unregulated vaping devices increases daily.”
In response, politicians and public health officials have been pushing laws aimed at vaping devices and e-cigarettes, which have soared in popularity among young people in recent years. Massachusetts also recently instated a four-month ban on e-cigarettes, while Michigan and New York outlawed flavored e-cigarette products..
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