Alabama lawmakers are reportedly considering legislation in their final days of the spring session to crack down on underage vaping.
The bill received unanimous support in the Alabama House, but it faces an uphill battle in the Alabama Senate as the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association have expressed doubts that the bill will curb underage vaping, according to AL.com. The associations argue that the bill would be a win for “Big Tobacco.”
“I have no (fear) for the Heart, Lung, or Cancer organizations,” Alabama Democratic state Sen. Vivian Figures said.
Last year, Figures proposed similar legislation that failed to come to fruition. Now she has Democratic state Rep. Barbara Drummond on her side, who sponsored HB 65, which would increase fines for underage vaping and create permits to
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