By Howard Fischer | Arizona Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Arizona lawmakers pass legislation to crack down on retailers selling vaping devices to minors
- Bill restricts packaging and design of vaping products, including bans on cartoon characters and celebrity images
- Legislation does not impose taxes on vaping products despite containing nicotine
Arizona lawmakers have given final approval to what proponents are calling the state’s first ever set of tools to crack down on retailers who sell vapes and other alternative nicotine products to minors.
House Bill 4001 includes restrictions on how these items can be packaged, with specific prohibitions on using visuals like cartoon characters and celebrity images to promote the products, and even how the devices can be designed. There also is first-time-ever requirement for state licensing and new penalties for those who are found to repeatedly sell vapes and tobacco to minors, including $10,000 fines and the suspension of licensing.
