New York state health officials vote to ban most flavors of e-cigarettes
The only two flavors customers will be able to buy are tobacco and menthol. New York state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in the emergency meeting that officials would take a closer look at menthol to decide whether it should be banned as well.Members of the Special Codes Committee of the Public Health and Health Planning Council, which is part of the New York State Department of Health, voted to recommend the flavor ban and the full council voted in favor of emergency adoption.
As one of two council members voting against it, he said that passing the ban would be a"big public health experiment" that would likely destroy the industry during the three-month period and that"it makes sense to me to come up with a more comprehensive solution, because I am afraid of the unintended consequences."
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