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Lawmakers urge limits on flavored vaping products, citing rise in youth nicotine use
Summary
Several members supported legislation to restrict flavored vaping products, saying flavors drive youth addiction; sponsors pointed to county "trigger" bans and urged statewide action. Opposition or specific amendments were not prominent in the transcript excerpt.
Members in the House urged passage of legislation to limit flavored vaping products, saying candy-style flavors are helping drive nicotine use among young people and disrupting classrooms.
Representative Montayoshi said the chamber has repeatedly attempted regulated bans and called the annual effort "one of the best things we do every year" to address flavored vaping in schools. "Flavored vaping is a problem," he said, describing finding flavored cartridges in elementary school playgrounds and halls and warning that nicotine is "making its way into the bloodstreams of all of our students." Supporters noted that counties have adopted trigger bans and that a statewide measure would allow counties to implement similar prohibitions.
The transcript records floor statements in favor of curbing flavored vape products and frames the issue as a public-health and education concern; it does not show the final disposition of the bill in the provided excerpt.
Next steps: The matter remained on the calendar for future action; no final floor vote is recorded in the excerpt.
