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Health groups push Senate to restore tobacco‑prevention funding, reinstate vape retailer registry and consider cigarette tax increase
Summary
Public health groups and local health officials asked the Senate to restore the Tobacco Use Prevention Fund to higher amounts, reinsert a vapor‑retailer registry, and consider a cigarette tax increase that advocates say would reduce youth smoking and raise revenue.
Representatives from the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the American Lung Association and local public‑health educators urged the Senate to restore tobacco‑prevention funding and a vapor‑retailer licensing program in House Bill 96.
Leah Baylor, a health educator from Clark County, recounted school confiscations of vaping products and supported restoring funding for the Tobacco…
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