Raimondo orders DOH to issue ban on flavored e-cigarettes

Elizabeth Graham and Mary MacDonald

09/25/2019

Go.v Gina Raimondo — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has ordered state health officials to issue an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes. /PBN FILE PHOTO BY DAVE HANSEN

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Wednesday ordered the R.I. Department of Health to issue an emergency order banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. Health department officials are expected to develop new regulations over the next week, said Josh Block, a spokesman for the governor’s office. The order allows nonflavored vaping products to remain…

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