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Resident urges Encinitas to ban disposable vapes, suggests retailer take‑back or tax
5588599 · August 15, 2025
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Summary
A resident and health educator urged the commission to consider banning illegal disposable e‑cigarettes, creating retailer take‑back programs, or imposing an e‑sig tax to cover disposal costs; she cited health, environmental and hazardous‑waste concerns and offered EPA guidance.
Peggy Walker, who identified herself as working with the San Diego Alliance for Drug‑Free Youth, told the commission disposable e‑cigarettes are “staggeringly detrimental to health, to the environment, and ... a big hazardous waste disposal problem.”
Walker said disposable…
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