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Public‑health groups ask Senate to restore tobacco-prevention funding, reinstate vape retailer registry and consider cigarette tax increase
Summary
Public-health witnesses asked the Senate to restore or increase funding for the Tobacco Use Prevention Fund, to reinstate a vapor retailer licensing/registry program and to consider the governor's cigarette tax increase. Local health officials and national health organizations provided data on youth vaping, retailer noncompliance and the public‑s
Local public‑health officials, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network testified to the Senate Health Committee about tobacco use, youth vaping and prevention funding in House Bill 96.
Leah Baylor, health educator at the Clark County Combined Health District, said initial compliance checks in December 2022 found a 35 percent failure rate for underage sales of vapor products at 84 stores; after a local tobacco retailer…
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