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House approves amended tobacco regulations shifting specialty‑shop oversight to local health departments
Summary
House Bill 324, as amended, broadens the Clean Indoor Air Act definition to capture non‑tobacco indoor smoking and moves permitting and enforcement of specialty tobacco and vape shops from the state tax commission to local health departments; the bill passed the House 66–5.
Representative (recorded in the transcript as "Representative Last" in his presentation) summarized HB 324 and said the bill expands the statutory definition of tobacco so that indoor smoking of non‑tobacco products (for example hookah) falls under Utah’s Clean Indoor Air Act, preventing shops from avoiding the law by arguing they sell "not tobacco." He explained the bill also shifts permitting, initial review and local…
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