Health officials and students urge limits on flavored tobacco and more school support during joint session Hennepin County Public Health and Tobacco Free Alliance presented local data showing widespread flavored-product availability and youth use; student testimony and Osseo Schools staff urged prevention, anonymous supports and alternatives to suspension.

Local health officials and students are sounding the alarm on flavored tobacco's grip on youth, pushing for policy changes and better support in schools.

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Committee reviews S.198 to tax and regulate high‑nicotine tobacco substitutes; proposes investigator, higher fines and nicotine‑tiered stamp The Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee heard a detailed walk‑through of S.198, which would expand definitions, treat tobacco substitutes like cigarettes for tax purposes with nicotine‑tiered rates and stamps, move enforcement to Liquor & Lottery, create an investigator position and convert some criminal penalties to civil fines.

Vermont's Economic Development Committee is taking a bold step to regulate high-nicotine tobacco substitutes, aiming to protect youth from rising addiction rates and enhance public health.

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Board approves introduction of ordinance to set $12 minimum tobacco price and ban vape sales in unincorporated Marin The Board of Supervisors voted to introduce an ordinance that would establish a $12 minimum price on commercial tobacco and nicotine pouches, ban sales of electronic smoking devices and heated tobacco systems in unincorporated areas, prohibit coupons and discounts, and include a biennial $1 auto increase. Adoption was scheduled for Nov. 18.

Marin County takes a bold step to combat rising youth nicotine use by introducing a $12 minimum price for tobacco and a ban on vaping sales.

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