After months of delay, the Trump Administration is expected to announce this week that it will ban flavored e-cigarette cartridges, with the exception of menthol- and tobacco-flavored vapes.
, the new ban would have one important exception: Flavored liquid nicotine used in"open tank systems" will not be outlawed. That's seen as a concession to the burgeoning"We think we are going to get back in the market very, very quickly," he said at a New Year's Eve news conference, held during a party at his Mar-a-Lago resort, theHealth advocates supported the ban, but said the exclusion of menthol could greatly weaken its effect.
"The administration policy will fall well short of what is necessary to address this growing epidemic," said Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association. "By allowing menthol flavors and flavored liquid nicotine used in open tank systems to remain on the market, the administration would leave a wide pathway for continued e-cigarette use among our nation's children," she said in a statement.
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