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Public‑health groups press Senate to restore tobacco prevention funding and vapor retailer licensing in HB 96
Summary
Public‑health advocates and county health department officials asked the Senate to restore the governor’s proposed tobacco prevention dollars, reinstate vapor retailer licensing, and keep the Tobacco Use Prevention Fund near prior levels to reduce youth tobacco and vape access.
Local public‑health officials and statewide advocacy groups told the Senate Health Committee that cuts to tobacco prevention and removal of a vapor retailer licensing program in the House budget could undermine work to reduce youth use of vaping products and tobacco.
Leah Baylor, a health educator with the Clark County Combined Health District, described fieldwork showing easy youth access to flavored vapes: initial compliance checks found a 35 percent failure rate for sales to minors, which…
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