Hawaii law bans import of e-cigarettes, e-liquids

It is now illegal to import electronic smoking devices and e-liquids into the islands after Gov. Josh Green signed a bill into law Tuesday as part of a years-long and continuing effort to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine. No one on Tuesday addressed what happens to the legality of current inventory in Hawaii. At the bill-signing ceremony at the state Capitol, Green applauded lawmakers and especially young anti- vaping advocates who, he said, have “kept the pressure on us in all the right ways to pass this legislation.”...