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Obama Signs Tobacco Packaging Bill |
Senator Bill Nelson (D.-Fla.), who launched the bill (S. 14-2), mentioned the bill "requires the packaging of liquid nicotine containers for use in electronic cigarettes to be subject to existing child poisoning prevention packaging standards." He explained it uses growing issue about nicotine and accumulation vulnerability events, which triggered about 2,300 instances of toxin exposure in young kids in 2014, as stated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. The laws demand that all-liquid-smoking pots have packaging which makes it hard for kids under five years old to open. The Smokefree Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), which signifies the vaping sector, backed the laws, and urged its associates to start applying child-proof packaging voluntarily. The firm preferred a nationwide standard above various condition child-proof packaging regulations that could be harder on nationwide fluid-smoking manufacturing companies. “It's common sense,” said Cynthia Cabrera, SFATA president. “These are adult products and should be treated like adult products. ” The attempt increases the price of a bottlecap for manufacturing companies by 6 to 12 pennies, stated Greg Conley, leader of the American vaping Association (AVA). He said the price to companies was minimal. The description addresses containers of refillable nicotine including e-liquid offered directly to customers to be used in "open system" digital vaping apparatus, although maybe not packaging for no-nicotine e-liquid, in accordance with a study by The National Law Review. Specific packaging requirements also wouldn't connect with "closed system" ecigs where the e-liquid isn't thought to touch or be managed by the buyer, stated the statement. |
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