Supporters are speaking out this week in favor of a pair of anti-vaping bills with opponents saying they don’t go far enough. Michigan Senate Bills 106 and 155 would ban the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products to minors and impose fines of up to $2,500 on retailers who violate the law. State Representative Isaac Robinson is behind the ban, and notes the law applies to more than just liquid nicotine.
“All types of substances including marijuana, any dangerous chemicals that can be put in these devices, they are going to be taken out of the hands of kids.”
The bills already have passed the state Senate, and were voted out of the House Judiciary Committee. Next, they need a vote in the full state House of Representatives. In the past, Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration has questioned the bills, preferring to include a provision to define and tax vaping products as a tobacco delivery system.
