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Judge to rule on Massachusetts vaping injunction next week

Judge to rule on Massachusetts vaping injunction next week
THAT THE BAN HARMS PUBLIC HEALTH. >> IT HARMS THE PUBLIC’S HEALTH BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, IT WILL FORCE MAN EX-SMOKERS TO GO BACK TO SMOKING, NUMBER TWO CREATE A NEW BLACK MARKET, PRODUCTS WILL NOT LONER BE REGULATED A NUMBER THREE, IT WILL CAUSE MANY YOUTH TRANSITION FROM USING NICOTINE E-LIQUIDS TO USING THC. >> FROM THAT TIME ON, TWO TO THREE REPORTS PER DAY. I BECAME ALARMED THAT THERE WAS PULMONARY DISEASE RELATED TO VAPING HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AND FELT THE BURDEN WAS ON ME TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IN PLACE PROTECTIONS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. >> THAT WAS THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH REITERATING HER REASONING BEHIND THE VAN, AND ALSO STATING THAT THE CAUSE OF THE LONG ILLNESSES IS NOT KNOWN, BUT OTHERS ARGUING THAT STATES AND THE DATA HAVE POINTED TO THE MAJORITY OF CASES IS RELATED TO VAPING THC AND NOT NICOTIN THE JU
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Judge to rule on Massachusetts vaping injunction next week
A Massachusetts judge said he would rule on a lawsuit Monday that seeks an injunction against the state's temporary vaping ban.The Vaping Trade Association is asking that Gov. Charlie Baker's ban on vaping products be declared illegal.In late September, the state declared a ban on vaping products for four months. The move came after lung illnesses were reported to health departments around the country.In Massachusetts, the health commissioner said 29 probable cases of lung disease due to vaping were identified since August.A Boston University professor of public health said the ban would cause more harm because people will turn to 'burn' cigarettes and the black market.The doctor said he worries the ban will drive smokers back to cigarettes.Baker ordered the ban as federal authorities investigate nearly 1,500 lung injuries and 33 deaths potentially related to vaping.

A Massachusetts judge said he would rule on a lawsuit Monday that seeks an injunction against the state's temporary vaping ban.

The Vaping Trade Association is asking that Gov. Charlie Baker's ban on vaping products be declared illegal.

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In late September, the state declared a ban on vaping products for four months. The move came after lung illnesses were reported to health departments around the country.

In Massachusetts, the health commissioner said 29 probable cases of lung disease due to vaping were identified since August.

A Boston University professor of public health said the ban would cause more harm because people will turn to 'burn' cigarettes and the black market.

The doctor said he worries the ban will drive smokers back to cigarettes.

Baker ordered the ban as federal authorities investigate nearly 1,500 lung injuries and 33 deaths potentially related to vaping.