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House passes vaping bill with enforcement funding, education and juvenile penalties
Summary
House Bill 8 passed the House to regulate e-liquids and alternative nicotine products, funding enforcement through manufacturer fees, creating a juvenile response framework and requiring education; a Pettis amendment to restrict display in age-21 stores was tabled.
The Alabama House passed House Bill 8, a measure to tighten controls on e-liquids and alternative nicotine products and to fund enforcement and education efforts. Representative Drummond, the bill sponsor, said the measure aims to protect children and direct industry funds toward enforcement and prevention.
"This is a vaping bill," Drummond told the chamber, framing the legislation as a public-health response to youth vaping and citing cases in which devices were laced with other substances. The bill requires manufacturers to register, creates fee revenue to fund enforcement at the Alcoholic Beverage Control and other agencies, and establishes…
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