He added, “At the same time, unscrupulous stores are knowingly selling vaping products to underage youth – those retailers are now on notice that we are ramping up enforcement and they will be caught and prosecuted.”
Gov. Cuomo’s action comes amid the outbreak of a severe pulmonary disease related to vaping—380 cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) by 36 states and one U.S. territory as of September 11. Six deaths have been confirmed in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, and Oregon.
Gov. Cuomo says “vaping is dangerous”
Furthermore, Gov. Cuomo emphasized that “vaping is dangerous.” He explained that vaping is “addicting young people to nicotine at a very early age” and “we do not know the long-term health effects” of the use of e-cigarettes.
Moreover, the Governor pointed out that e-cigarettes and other vaping devices are often used to vape other substances such as vitamin E acetate.
Earlier this month, the New York State Health Department found high levels of vitamin E acetate in almost all cannabis vaping products used by New Yorkers who got sick with a severe pulmonary disease.
