Pennsylvania House gave a bill on Monday that would create a public list of approved e-cigarette products to support you fight illegal vaping products.
Pennsylvania already has a publicly available list of cigarette companies that are authorized for sale in this state. Representative of Democratic States Jeanne McNeill, the main sponsor of the bill, which represents part of Lehigh’s unit, argued that the state should do the same for Vaping producers to better regulate the industry.
Pursuant to the provisions, the list would be administered by the Office of the Prosecutor General in Pennsylvania and producers would have to confirm the certification status every year.
“We are all aware that this market has exploded over the past decade,” said McNeill on the floor in Pennsylvania on Monday. “What was once a niche alternative to traditional smoking became an industry worth many billion dollars-unestate, which in many cases works with little responsibility and limited supervision.”
The house managed by Democrats adopted a project with wide bilateral support, 180–23. 17 democratic and 11 Republican co -consonant joined McNeill. All 23 votes against the act came from republican legislators.
The act has not yet been considered by the GOP controlled Senate.
Vaping manufacturers need the authorization of the Federal Food and Drug Administration for legal sale of their product, but it is challenging to enforce the sale of illegal products, because the information is not publicly disclosed, according to McNeill.
This means that retailers who think which products sell in an adverse situation, while some sellers are ready to put illegal products on their shelves, run away, McNeill argued in the account note. She also said that it is also challenging to know which items are allowed.
She claimed that the most vital consideration of the Act is that unregulated vape are too easily accessible to juvenile users and said that most consist of China.
“This bill is not about the ban; it is about transparency, security and responsible reputation,” she said on the floor of the house.
“Detailedists want clarity, parents want to assure, and we as legislators are obliged to provide both” – she added.
The national landscape surrounding vaping is in the air. The United States Supreme Court on the side of e-cigarette companies last week in a decision that makes it easier for them to sue the FDA decision to block their products from the multi-billion market.
But in April, the Supreme Court on the FDA side and maintained a sweeping block on most sweet vaples, which were introduced after jumping in the vaping of adolescent people.
President Donald Trump swore “saved vaping” After meeting the lobbyist Vaping During his presidential campaign in 2024.
This article contains reporting from the Associated Press.
