BOSTON - Massachusetts became the first state to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, after Republican Gov. Anti-smoking groups hailed the ban, which restricts sale and consumption of flavoured vaping products immediately and does the same for menthol cigarettes starting June 1, 2020. But Massachusetts is now the first with a broad, permanent ban in place on all flavoured tobacco or nicotine vaping products, anti-smoking groups say. The restriction extends to menthol cigarettes and flavoured e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco. Massachusetts health officials say there have been more than 200 suspected cases of vaping-related lung injury and three confirmed deaths in the state.

Source: thestar November 27, 2019 23:15 UTC