KENTUCKY
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This includes reporting gas stations, convenient stores and smoke shops etc. who sell these products to minors, including counterfeit JUUL pods, sales of open packages (loose pods), free giveaways and sales in non-authorized venues.
Kentucky Lantern : ‘We can’t just sit back while kids develop lifelong addictions.’
Kentucky Today: Kentucky lawmakers are considering more legislation to keep tobacco products, like vapes, away from minors, during the 2025 regular session of the General Assembly.
Link NKY: Northern Kentucky Rep. Mark Hart (R-Falmouth) wants to end vaping in schools, and he plans to introduce legislation in the 2023 Legislative Session intended to do just that.
INSIDER - One tobacco giant — Reynolds American — is actively spreading millions of dollars to hundreds of state-level political candidates and political action committees, according to an internal corporate governance document reviewed by Insider.
Prevention Magazine: Five students look back at how a party trick spread into bathroom stalls, bedroom hiding spots, and ultimately addiction.
WHAS-11: Bullitt, Jefferson and Fayette County Public Schools have all filed lawsuits against Juul Labs, saying the vape company specifically targets teenagers.
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This snapshot of U.S. e-cigarette regulations was prepared by the Public Health Law Center.