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Senate committee advances vapor-product registry bill as retailers, public-health advocates clash
Summary
A Senate committee heard hours of testimony on a proposed registry for vapor products, with small vape shop owners warning the measure would shutter businesses if it ties market access to FDA approvals, while retailers and a member of the state Tobacco Control Board argued a registry would help enforcement against illicit products.
Lawmakers in the Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee moved a vapor-product registry bill forward after extended testimony from small retailers, trade groups, enforcement officials and consumers about public-health risks and the bill's compliance burdens.
Multiple small-business owners told the committee they would be unable to comply with the bill's requirement that products be on a registry tied to FDA approvals or pending FDA applications, saying many small manufacturers received denials from the FDA and could therefore be excluded. "This bill will indeed put me out of business," said Scout Stubbs of Drippers Vape Shop, who said many independent manufacturers…
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