House Passes Bill To Regulate E-Cigarettes Onto Senate
Salt Lake City, UT- The Utah House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would tighten regulations on e-cigarette products. It includes measures to ensure the contents of the cigarettes’ liquids do not stray from what is printed on their labels.
In addition to regulating e-cigarette products, HB415 would require a person to obtain a license in order to sell those products and outline criminal penalties for vendors who violate license requirements.
Bill sponsor Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, said current Utah law does not require a license for selling e-cigarette products like it does for tobacco or other cigarette products, so as a result, only clerks, not shops, are being penalized for violating the law and selling to minors.
Additionally, he said current state law does not regulate the content of e-cigarette liquids, so the bill would help counties enforce their manufacturing standards, which are inspected by corresponding health departments.
