March 9 Update: The House is expected to vote today on the spending bill that includes the synthetic nicotine law.
But, while the Senate may vote as scheduled on Friday, it now looks possible that vote may not happen until early next week, according to Roll Call.
It’s crucial that vapers and harm reduction advocates message their senators and ask that the language be stripped from the bill. The result is not a “done deal,” as some have reported. The nicotine language can be removed at any point before the final Senate vote is taken.
With major tobacco companies and Juul Labs lined up in favor of the legislation, its only real opposition comes from nicotine consumers and small vaping businesses. The language will not be removed from the bill without a huge response from the people who will be hurt by the law. Vapers have responded before and helped stop anti-vaping laws—the nicotine tax last December, for example—and it can be done again.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360 – 2022-03-08.
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