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Hawaii House committee passes e-cigarette youth ban

By Associated Press

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The Hawaii House Committee on Health has voted to push forward a bill to stop people under the age of 18 from buying electronic cigarettes.

Hawaii currently prohibits youth from buying cigarettes. The law also requires stores to only sell tobacco products to people over the age of 18. But lawmakers want to take the ban a step further.

The bill would prohibit stores from selling electronic cigarettes to youth and expand the state's definition of tobacco products.

Advocates of the measure say the bill is important because kids are targets of tobacco company advertising and tobacco has harmful health effects.

Some testifiers had concerns about how the bill defines e-cigarettes.

The Senate approved the measure last week. The bill now goes to the House committee on consumer protection.






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holumuahawaii wrote:
If an e- cigarette, which is basically a wand with a battery and an electronic sparking device that produces a vapor, and if the vapor could be from nicotine or carrot, or mint, or almost anything, is a tobacco delivery device, then is a can that holds Coca Cola a liquor dispensing device because it could also be used to hold booze? The legislature doesn't seem to kno what it is doing.
on March 13,2013 | 10:21PM
clum56 wrote:
It's about time that teens under 18 will not be able to purchase any tobacco. I sure hope that the city does a random check like and fines those who are not complying with the new law. Here in Minnesota, if a person at a convienience store is caught selling to a minor, there is a $5,000 fine to be paid by the store owners/company.
on March 14,2013 | 04:08AM
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