Voters in California were in a unique position this election cycle as they have (tentatively) determined adults aged 21 years or older should not be able to legally purchase flavored tobacco and vapor products.
This has been one of the most expensive ballot propositions this year with over $60.1 million in expenditures for “Yes on Proposition 31,” with nanny-state supporter Michael Bloomberg pumping in $58 million, or 95 percent of the campaign’s funding.
Just two days after the election, less than half of the votes are counted (46 percent), but those that have voted on the prohibitionist measure overwhelmingly (62.3 percent to 37.7 percent) agreed to join four other states that already ban flavored vapor products, as well as Massachusetts, in banning all flavored tobacco and vape products.
What is going on in California, and other states with flavor bans, is more indicative of a wider trend of misinformation and a hypocritical application of science towards certain causes that feel good, while denying the same science to loathed industries and persons. More pointedly, Americans and policymakers seem to understand the combustion engine is bad for the environment, yet do not understand what combustion does to the lungs of people who smoke.
Lindsey Stroud – Townhall – 2022-11-14.
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