The exterior of a vape shop is seen on Aug. 28. “Increasing rates of vaping are a concerning and important public health and safety issue as well as a consumer protection issue … vaping threatens to addict a new generation of American youth, much the way that Big Tobacco did for generations before,” Attorney General Jay Jones said Monday.
Legislation that sailed through the General Assembly on near-unanimous votes gives Virginia tough new tools to enforce existing laws on selling tobacco products and vaping products to underage buyers.
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, and Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, confer at the General Assembly on March 13. ABC agents, who will be conducting unannounced buyer operations on each licensed tobacco and vaping product retailer once every 24 months according to the "Vape Enforcement Act" legislation, are already well-placed to enforce the tougher regulations, said Hope.
The exterior of a vape shop is seen on Aug. 28. “Increasing rates of vaping are a concerning and important public health and safety issue as well as a consumer protection issue … vaping threatens to addict a new generation of American youth, much the way that Big Tobacco did for generations before,” Attorney General Jay Jones said Monday.
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, and Del. Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, confer at the General Assembly on March 13. ABC agents, who will be conducting unannounced buyer operations on each licensed tobacco and vaping product retailer once every 24 months according to the "Vape Enforcement Act" legislation, are already well-placed to enforce the tougher regulations, said Hope.
