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9 1 REVISED: 1ST DRAFT DATE: ® NO . A BILL FOR AN ACTI j RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. i i a E gg I BE Tp}9 ENA/9TgYyy BY THE LEGISLATURE THE STATE TE /yF HAWAII: T y-I 2 t 1 i 2 SECTION 1 . The legislature finds that tobacco use remains the 3 leading cause of preventable death in the United States and in 4 Hawaii. Recent years have brought a precipitous increase in 5 consumer sales of electronic smoking devices, sometimes called 6 "vapes", and one inhalation of these products can contain many 7 times more nicotine than a conventional cigarette. Electronic 8 smoking devices have played a major role in increased rates of a 9 youth nicotine addiction, which had been previously on the 10 decline. 3 11 12 This increased youth tobacco prompted Hawaii to adopt laws to a 13 increase the smoking age to 21 years old, and treat electronic U 14 cigarettes in the same manner as the state treats conventional k 15 cigarettes for purposes of clean indoor air laws. The state and ' a 16 the County of Hawaii, County of Maui, and City and County of 17 Honolulu have also adopted policies to ban smoking - including 18 electronic cigarette use - at state and county beaches and ? i3 I 19 parks. if 20 21 In 2018, in order to ensure uniform regulations on tobacco 22 sales, the legislature passed Act 206, which, in part, declared 23 the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking ;s 24 devices a matter of statewide concern, and nullified any 25 existing local ordinances or policies that restricted the 'sale E� 26 of these products. However, the legislature finds that since the 27 Act' s passage, youth tobacco use has continued to increase to 28 epidemic levels. According to the 2019 Hawaii Youth Risk F 29 Behavior Survey, thirty-one per cent of middle school students €, s