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Pitkin County moves to ban flavored tobacco sales after student and public testimony
Summary
Pitkin County commissioners voted Feb. 25 to amend the county tobacco-retail license to prohibit sale of flavored tobacco products after presentations from public health staff, school officials and students who said flavors are driving youth nicotine use.
Pitkin County commissioners voted Feb. 25 to begin the process of banning flavored tobacco products countywide, acting after a presentation from Pitkin County Public Health and testimony from school staff and students about youth vaping and nicotine use.
Public-health educator Peter Mueller asked the board to add a comprehensive flavor prohibition to the county's tobacco-retail license, citing regional actions and local student data. "What we're trying to do today is to introduce a comprehensive flavor ban to make sure that the decrease in…
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