One of Washington’s critical advocates for adult vaping believes that the White House will stop short of banning e-cigarettes or their distinctive flavors.
Instead, said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, the administration may toughen rules that they are sold only to adults.
Trump should pay attention to the nation’s 10 million vapers, Norquist added, citing polls that they are “single-issue voters” who “are the president’s people.”
He has championed vaping as a small business driver and safer alternative to smoking.
Vaping advocates have also noted that most or all of the deaths by users were from contaminated devices. The Washington Examiner today reported that the New England Journal of Medicine found no link between the deaths and legal e-cigarette pods
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