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- Senate Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes Just Like Tobacco Products
A bill to limit the sale of electronic cigarettes in the same way as sales of tobacco products passed the state Senate on Thursday, March 6. Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, would prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes...
- State House Panel Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes In Ky.
Electronic cigarettes would be regulated as tobacco products in Kentucky under a bill that the House Licensing and Occupations Committee approved Wednesday. HouseBill 309, sponsored by Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Shively, would include the relatively new product...
- Study: Teenagers May Buy Fewer Cigarettes If The Product Is Not Prominently Displayed
For Kentucky which has the dubious distinction of having the nation's highest rate of teen smokers, an study published this week in Pediatrics reports that teenagers may be less likely to buy cigarettes at convenience stores if they aren't sold...
- Teens Turning To Flavored Cigars
A study shows teens are dispensing with cigarettes and turning to flavored mini-cigars with fun flavors ? strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ? enticing to young palates. (National Cigar Museum picture) "Young smokers say these cigarette-size little cigars...
- Light Up At School? Face A $150 Fine In Jessamine County
If students at the two Jessamine County high schools are found with cigarettes or any kind of tobacco product while on campus, they can face a fine up to $150. East Jessamine High started issuing tickets a few years ago, and West Jessamine joined the...
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FDA finds more than 1,000 retailers selling tobacco products to minors, several in Kentucky
More than 1,200 retailers, including CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid, were issued warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration this year for illegally selling cigarettes to minors. FDA inspectors conducted 27,500 undercover checks by sending children under 18 into stores to buy cigarettes. These checks resulted in hundreds of letters being sent to retailers. Many of the warnings were sent to stores in rural areas where a recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report found youth are more likely to use tobacco products.
Alina Selyukh reports for Reuters that under the Tobacco Control Act of 2009, the FDA was given broad authority over tobacco manufacture and sales. One of the provisions of the act "allows the agency to contract with states to inspect spots where youths could buy cigarettes or chewable tobacco." Under the law, store workers are required to check identification of anyone looking younger than 27. Selyukh writes: "FDA officials said they are on a mission to begin battling the stubbornly high U.S. smoking rates by keeping tobacco out of underage hands in the first place."
The agency posted the warning letters on its website last week along with a searchable database of all checks it conducted. The letters allow retailers to correct their infractions without fines, but repeat offenders could face fines or loss of ability to sell tobacco products of any kind. To see if retailers in your state, community or city were issued a warning letter, search the FDA database of compliance checks.
Alina Selyukh reports for Reuters that under the Tobacco Control Act of 2009, the FDA was given broad authority over tobacco manufacture and sales. One of the provisions of the act "allows the agency to contract with states to inspect spots where youths could buy cigarettes or chewable tobacco." Under the law, store workers are required to check identification of anyone looking younger than 27. Selyukh writes: "FDA officials said they are on a mission to begin battling the stubbornly high U.S. smoking rates by keeping tobacco out of underage hands in the first place."
The agency posted the warning letters on its website last week along with a searchable database of all checks it conducted. The letters allow retailers to correct their infractions without fines, but repeat offenders could face fines or loss of ability to sell tobacco products of any kind. To see if retailers in your state, community or city were issued a warning letter, search the FDA database of compliance checks.
- Senate Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes Just Like Tobacco Products
A bill to limit the sale of electronic cigarettes in the same way as sales of tobacco products passed the state Senate on Thursday, March 6. Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, would prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes...
- State House Panel Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes In Ky.
Electronic cigarettes would be regulated as tobacco products in Kentucky under a bill that the House Licensing and Occupations Committee approved Wednesday. HouseBill 309, sponsored by Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Shively, would include the relatively new product...
- Study: Teenagers May Buy Fewer Cigarettes If The Product Is Not Prominently Displayed
For Kentucky which has the dubious distinction of having the nation's highest rate of teen smokers, an study published this week in Pediatrics reports that teenagers may be less likely to buy cigarettes at convenience stores if they aren't sold...
- Teens Turning To Flavored Cigars
A study shows teens are dispensing with cigarettes and turning to flavored mini-cigars with fun flavors ? strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ? enticing to young palates. (National Cigar Museum picture) "Young smokers say these cigarette-size little cigars...
- Light Up At School? Face A $150 Fine In Jessamine County
If students at the two Jessamine County high schools are found with cigarettes or any kind of tobacco product while on campus, they can face a fine up to $150. East Jessamine High started issuing tickets a few years ago, and West Jessamine joined the...