Kids will always sneak behind their parent's backs to smoke. Cigarettes' are ultimately leading to ill health, and for many death. People have a right to do something that is better for them than cigarettes' Vaping is safer, Vape has less carcinogens than cigarettes' and Nicotine is usually vaped at substantially lower levels. In research the pros outweigh any cons . We do take away flavors in alcohol when kids are finding ways to obtain it . Vaping is MUCH safer alternative to smoking.
Vaping has saved my life. I am grateful for this industry and everyone in it. There is more than enough proof showing it is 95% better than cigarettes and for those that don't want to understand this is it just makes me sad. How could anyone want more people to die from cigarettes? Just because they think kids want to use it when we all know its not who this is intended for. I pray they actually look at the research thats been done to see it is healthier than smoking.
Banning flavored vapor products ensures that big tobacco wins. Flavored vapor products are meant to help adults get of off cigarettes completely, just ask the millions of adults that have used flavored vapor products to quit completely l. This all comes down to MSA money, misinformation, willful ignorance and no media follow ups from the cdc (who has already stated acetate laced THC carts were the culprit of the vaping madness frenzy) banning vaping products is thoughtless knee jerk reaction.
1300 Americans will die today from smoking. Vaping is 95% safer than smoking. Flavored vapor products help people to quit smoking. Studies prove that flavor bans increases adult AND youth smoke. 50% of people who smoke will die from smoking related causes. I'm 62 years old and flavored vapor products are the only thing that helped me to quit smoking. My Grandkids love their smokefree granny. If kids are vaping, we have an enforcement and parenting issue. We should enforce current laws.
I strongly oppose a flavor ban. As a 40 year smoker with lung damage, vapor technology was the only thing which enabled me to stop smoking 10 years ago. I found that flavors were essential to the success of switching to vapor and the concomitant harm reduction. Enforce the laws regarding underage use and allow adults to retain access through regulated business suppliers, or the trade will turn to the black market with the attendant risks to safety. Please don't take away a lifeline.
I strenuously oppose this flavor ban as it would restrict my ability to locally obtain flavored nicotine which helps me stay away from deadly tobacco products. I had a pack a day habit and other cessation products were unable help stay away from smoking. Cigarette flavors sicken me and the flavors help me to wean off the nicotine. Loss of flavors would impede my ability to stay off cigarettes.
Taking something away that some use as a way to get rid of an unhealthy habit (smoking cigarettes) is concerning. If the escape for said habit is removed from being accessible then our communities will be overcome by unhealthy secondhand smoke as well as cigarette butts around in public areas. It is better for both our health and our environment to keep vaping around as it doesn’t cause the same damage. If concern of children getting their hands on it then parents need to investigate their kids.
In an unparalleled moment, the public’s health is a real concern in the minds of families, financial markets. In events of this magnitude, communities most at risk are those most at risk: the young and racial minorities. I support this measure because our communties deserve the consideration of policies that correct statistically disproportionate marketing and sale of tobacco products, such as Menthol, to African American kids—& more available in neighborhoods with a majority of our families.
I support a ban on products that are clearly marketed to children. LGBT youth in particular have enough to deal with without having to also be the unwitting targets of Big Tobacco's shady, disingenous, and minipulative marketing practices, of which flavored vapes are a key component.
It would be foolish to presume you are saving kids from harm by only giving them cigarettes as an option. I had smoked cigarettes for 27 years. I started to look cool / older. The psychology of kids today is the same. Tried patches, gum, cold turkey, chantix (which led to a suicide attempt btw) nothing worked until i tried vaping. What helped free me from this demon that is cigarettes, was a more desirable alternative. I would not have been able to quit smoking without flavored vape products.
I was a smoker for 16 years and tried quitting several times. Flavored Vapes was the only thing that did it for me. Now I feel 10 times better, no more chest pains. I exercise and ride bikes for the enjoyment now! Don’t be a state that killed your citizens.
I'm Vartan Seferian, owner of Ambassador Fine Cigars in Dist. 3 of Phoenix. I don't sell to minors, I don't sell vaping products. Many of my customers (21 & older) purchase and enjoy flavored cigars - flavors like vanilla, coffee, cognac and bourbon. Flavored tobacco has been around since the birth of America. Banning my adult customers from buying these legal products is unfair and punitive. All a flavor ban will do is hurt local retailers like me who are fighting to survive this pandemic.
I smoked cigarettes for 33 years and wouldn't have been able to quit without flavoured vapes. Thankfully my health has improved enormously. None of the tobacco replicas came close to replicating Marlboro and I seriously doubt I'd have been successful were they my only option. I understand the concerns around teenage vaping but I urge you to remember that far more addictive and toxic cigarettes are the alternative. Kids will always rebel - far better they do it with a less damaging alternative.
This law goes too far by limiting adult access to vapor products and eliminates 80% of what small businesses that exclusively retail these products sell in a time when all businesses are suffering. FLAVORS HAVE HELPED PEOPLE QUIT. In the largest survey of vapers 69.7% of almost 70,000 respondents answered that finding an e-liquid flavor that they liked was “extremely important” in their attempt to quit smoking.
www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/2018-2/266-us-flav
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Kids will always sneak behind their parent's backs to smoke. Cigarettes' are ultimately leading to ill health, and for many death. People have a right to do something that is better for them than cigarettes' Vaping is safer, Vape has less carcinogens than cigarettes' and Nicotine is usually vaped at substantially lower levels. In research the pros outweigh any cons . We do take away flavors in alcohol when kids are finding ways to obtain it . Vaping is MUCH safer alternative to smoking.
Vaping has saved my life. I am grateful for this industry and everyone in it. There is more than enough proof showing it is 95% better than cigarettes and for those that don't want to understand this is it just makes me sad. How could anyone want more people to die from cigarettes? Just because they think kids want to use it when we all know its not who this is intended for. I pray they actually look at the research thats been done to see it is healthier than smoking.
Ban vaping ban ecigs ban selling flavors.
Banning flavored vapor products ensures that big tobacco wins. Flavored vapor products are meant to help adults get of off cigarettes completely, just ask the millions of adults that have used flavored vapor products to quit completely l. This all comes down to MSA money, misinformation, willful ignorance and no media follow ups from the cdc (who has already stated acetate laced THC carts were the culprit of the vaping madness frenzy) banning vaping products is thoughtless knee jerk reaction.
Ban flavors, ban ecigs, ban vaping in Phoenix in AZ.
1300 Americans will die today from smoking. Vaping is 95% safer than smoking. Flavored vapor products help people to quit smoking. Studies prove that flavor bans increases adult AND youth smoke. 50% of people who smoke will die from smoking related causes. I'm 62 years old and flavored vapor products are the only thing that helped me to quit smoking. My Grandkids love their smokefree granny. If kids are vaping, we have an enforcement and parenting issue. We should enforce current laws.
I support a flavor ban and I'd like all vaping and e cigs banned permanently.
I strongly oppose a flavor ban. As a 40 year smoker with lung damage, vapor technology was the only thing which enabled me to stop smoking 10 years ago. I found that flavors were essential to the success of switching to vapor and the concomitant harm reduction. Enforce the laws regarding underage use and allow adults to retain access through regulated business suppliers, or the trade will turn to the black market with the attendant risks to safety. Please don't take away a lifeline.
I strenuously oppose this flavor ban as it would restrict my ability to locally obtain flavored nicotine which helps me stay away from deadly tobacco products. I had a pack a day habit and other cessation products were unable help stay away from smoking. Cigarette flavors sicken me and the flavors help me to wean off the nicotine. Loss of flavors would impede my ability to stay off cigarettes.
Taking something away that some use as a way to get rid of an unhealthy habit (smoking cigarettes) is concerning. If the escape for said habit is removed from being accessible then our communities will be overcome by unhealthy secondhand smoke as well as cigarette butts around in public areas. It is better for both our health and our environment to keep vaping around as it doesn’t cause the same damage. If concern of children getting their hands on it then parents need to investigate their kids.
In an unparalleled moment, the public’s health is a real concern in the minds of families, financial markets. In events of this magnitude, communities most at risk are those most at risk: the young and racial minorities. I support this measure because our communties deserve the consideration of policies that correct statistically disproportionate marketing and sale of tobacco products, such as Menthol, to African American kids—& more available in neighborhoods with a majority of our families.
I support a ban on products that are clearly marketed to children. LGBT youth in particular have enough to deal with without having to also be the unwitting targets of Big Tobacco's shady, disingenous, and minipulative marketing practices, of which flavored vapes are a key component.
It would be foolish to presume you are saving kids from harm by only giving them cigarettes as an option. I had smoked cigarettes for 27 years. I started to look cool / older. The psychology of kids today is the same. Tried patches, gum, cold turkey, chantix (which led to a suicide attempt btw) nothing worked until i tried vaping. What helped free me from this demon that is cigarettes, was a more desirable alternative. I would not have been able to quit smoking without flavored vape products.
I was a smoker for 16 years and tried quitting several times. Flavored Vapes was the only thing that did it for me. Now I feel 10 times better, no more chest pains. I exercise and ride bikes for the enjoyment now! Don’t be a state that killed your citizens.
I'm Vartan Seferian, owner of Ambassador Fine Cigars in Dist. 3 of Phoenix. I don't sell to minors, I don't sell vaping products. Many of my customers (21 & older) purchase and enjoy flavored cigars - flavors like vanilla, coffee, cognac and bourbon. Flavored tobacco has been around since the birth of America. Banning my adult customers from buying these legal products is unfair and punitive. All a flavor ban will do is hurt local retailers like me who are fighting to survive this pandemic.
I smoked cigarettes for 33 years and wouldn't have been able to quit without flavoured vapes. Thankfully my health has improved enormously. None of the tobacco replicas came close to replicating Marlboro and I seriously doubt I'd have been successful were they my only option. I understand the concerns around teenage vaping but I urge you to remember that far more addictive and toxic cigarettes are the alternative. Kids will always rebel - far better they do it with a less damaging alternative.
This law goes too far by limiting adult access to vapor products and eliminates 80% of what small businesses that exclusively retail these products sell in a time when all businesses are suffering. FLAVORS HAVE HELPED PEOPLE QUIT. In the largest survey of vapers 69.7% of almost 70,000 respondents answered that finding an e-liquid flavor that they liked was “extremely important” in their attempt to quit smoking.
www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/2018-2/266-us-flav
I support ban. I support banning all sales of e cigs and vaping. Don't you care about children?! I do.
Opposed to flavor ban in every form
Flavors save lives, they saved me from a 30 year smoking habit