How would millions of dollars in fees on e-cigarettes be spent? Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi have a plan for that.
Posted on AllSides December 13th, 2019
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A fee placed on manufacturers and importers of e-cigarettes could fund a federal prevention program to arm educators and students with tools to fight the teen vaping epidemic, according to pending legislation proposed by Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Durbin and Krishnamoorthi planned to announce the federal legislation, dubbed the Prevent Act (Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers), at an event Friday at Jones College Prep.
Teen e-cigarette use “is growing by the day, and it points to a public health crisis facing our...
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