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Youth advocates press Kentucky education committee for stronger enforcement of Tobacco 21 and retailer licensing
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Members of the University of Kentucky's I Can End the Trend youth program told the Senate Standing Committee on Education the state must strengthen enforcement of the law banning nicotine sales to people under 21, require retailer licensing, and increase funding for compliance checks.
At a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Education, youth advocates from the University of Kentucky's I Can End the Trend program urged lawmakers to step up enforcement of the law that prohibits the sale of nicotine products to anyone under 21 and to adopt a retailer licensing system to curb youth vaping.
"One pod contains as much nicotine as 20 cigarettes," said Delaney Crump, a youth advisory board member for the I Can End the Trend program, describing how flavored e-cigarettes and marketing target young people and lead to addiction. Crump told the committee the group had brought…
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