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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Ron Pease has more than 150 flavors of vape juice lining the shelves at Mr. E-Liquid. His shop will look a lot different after Michigan led the push to ban flavored nicotine vaping products.
With labs based in Grand Rapids, Mr. E-Liquid distributes vape flavorings to several hundred locations around the nation and ships to roughly 50 countries around the world.
But when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules prohibiting all flavored nicotine vaping products in the beginning of September, it put a stop to about 80% of Pease’s international business.
“It’s not good for the state, it’s not good for consumers, it’s not good for business,” Pease told the Michigan House Oversight Committee during a hearing earlier this month.
Pease told lawmakers they’re essentially forcing a black market.
“The moment that happens, you no longer have the ability to regulate that. You no longer have the ability to speak openly to the manufacturer and say, ‘Your marketing tactics must change.’ So not only do we have a black market, which is irresponsible for anyone to allow that to happen, you also lose the ability to have any control whatsoever over what’s in the product,” Pease said.
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