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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The announcement of Michigan’s pending ban on flavored e-cigarette products took everyone by surprise, with most finding out through a midnight posting by The Washington Post.
While health advocates are cheering the proposed ban as a way to keep the dangers of vaping away from children, those in the vaping industry are reeling.
“I never heard anything about it until this morning, so it was, ‘Hey, everybody, you’re going out of business,'” Vaughn Jurgens said.
He owns Grand Rapids E-Liquids on 28th Street at East Paris Avenue, one of the first vape stores to open a decade ago. Now, his thriving business is expanding next door. He sells the vape pens and accessories and makes 135 different flavors with names like Awesome Berry and Peachy Green.
“I’d have to say 60% of our business is our e-liquids,” Jurgens said.
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