Lawmakers have voted to ban sales of vaping products to people under 18. Credit: Mike Mozart via Flickr
Tennessee lawmakers have voted to ban sales of e-cigarettes and other vaping products to anyone under 18.
The decision extends the state’s ban on sales of cigarettes to minors. Rep. Joe Towns (D-Memphis) says the measure, Senate Bill 411, will keep teenagers from harming themselves.
“It’s a good piece of legislation,” he says. “(We) should have done it a long time ago.”
The bill would go into effect July 1, if signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
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