A campaign group seeking to overturn Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco sales in the November election has far outraised supporters of the prohibition, campaign finance records show.
The opponents of the ban, a coalition of Denver vape store owners organized as a group called “Citizen Power!,” raised $410,000 through the end of August, according to campaign finance reports filed this month. The campaign group supporting the ban, “Denver Kids vs. Big Tobacco,” raised about $245,000.
In December, the Denver City Council near-unanimously approved a ban on sales of most flavored tobacco and nicotine products after public health and children’s advocates argued the products could lure young people into a life of addiction.
The council approved the ban, which applies to any sales within city limits, despite heavy lobbying from tobacco companies and vape stores. Mayor Mike Johnston signed it.
It makes it seem like candy and gets young people addicted early.
I can’t take this seriously when alcohol now has an alcoholic version of every sugary beverage. There is even alcoholic sunnyD now.
Believe it or not, adults actually enjoy things that taste better then the thing that tastes worse.
Kids were smoking cigarettes when I was in high school, long before flavored vapes were a thing
And they were heavily marketed to.
Weren’t cigarette ads banned in the 70s? My point is kids were smoking anyways, banning flavors seems like a waste of time to me.