Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?

Asked by ABC 17 News

383 Votes

Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?

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The Columbia/Boone County health board will submit a report to the city council Monday recommending it ban the sale of flavored vapes to reduce youth vaping rates.

The Columbia/Boone County health board will submit a report to the city council Monday recommending it ban the sale of flavored vapes to reduce youth vaping rates. Show Less

2 Comments

Max

Why of course. Legalize weed, make children wear masks, make landlords provide free housing. It's a liberal world and Columbia has to be a leader. What else can Columbia mess up? This is satire for those that are unable to understand.

Zaos Gonzolez

The vapes kill more people than the fake covidirus ever will.

70%

No

The ban would also mean people old enough to buy the products legally in Columbia (21 and older) would no longer be able to buy the product, either.

The ban would also mean people old enough to buy the products legally in Columbia (21 and older) would no longer be able to buy the product, either. Show Less

14 Comments

LarryGeo

We have know for many decades that it was never the nicotine that was harmful, it was the smoke from burning tobacco. Banning flavors make vastly safer vaping less attractive for smokers to switch to. Other than puritanical ideals there is no scientific reason to ban vape flavors for adults.

Alan Beard

Adults use these products in far greater numbers than teens. What other Adult product faces a similar ludicrous potential ban?

Marc Slis

Vaping is saving millions of adult lives. The claims against vaping are not true. None of them. There is NO youth epidemic, vaping is less harmful than the air in large cities and is far less dependence-forming than smoking, no more than caffeine in your coffee.

Chris Hughes

Why limit choices for adults trying to stop smoking? It's a ridiculous proposal. It's illegal for minors to drink, but I can sure as hell buy birthday cake flavored vodka. I don't hear anyone complaining about that, nor should I.

Debra Riffle

our city government needs to stay out of the business of trying to regulate every aspect of our lives. Crime is high now. Concentrate on that. If there is a law in place prohibiting sales to minors, enforce that. You can't legislate everything.

Michael Schuster

human rights

Stuart Fagg

Because flavors are an essential appeal to smokers to help switch. Use by never smokers is negligible so banning flavors will only do harm

Chris Hayden

I work in a vape shop part time. We card everyone. People already complain about others bot having jobs. Yeah, makes sense. Get rid of this industry so more are out of work. Smdh.

Speaker to Felidae

It's very very simple. if you ban flavored vapes then more people will smoke cigarettes. That would be what is called a non-optimal situation.

Skip Murray

These products help people stop smoking. They are illegal to sell to kids. Enforce the law. Don't create black markets!

Steve TheBmann

I have a wild thought. How about enforcing the existing laws and not allow the product be sold to minors?

sheri smith

Your taking away the rights of and punishing adults in a vain attempt to stop kids from vaping under a misguided excuse. Kids unfortunately will find a way. Adults have the right! Punish the sellers! Stop taking away the rights of adults under the guide of "the children"

Max

People will just buy from another source, taking money out of Columbia.

Myron Black

It's not the adults fault kids are stupid

VapingIT, SPE, EEI

The action(s) of underage kids obtaining products illegally cannot justify any restrictions, taxes, or bans on adult rights, choices.

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

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422 Votes

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

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6 Comments

Carol Thompson

Why are the marines any different than any other branch of service that gets deployed in U.S. As a veteran- I have been deployed for things in U.S. over the years- it’s not just for protecting us in foreign countries Our oath of office says we will protect foreign and domestic

Thomas OSullivan

Newsom, Bass and Waters can't handle the situation. I believe the Marines should be a last resort but certainly an option on the table.

Eric Smith

Maxine Waters face alone should be a warning to the world that a darwinian subspecies has overtaken southern California

Fat Guy Outdoors

What do you do when a foreign body rises up on American soil. You make an example out of it. Never understood the waving of other countries flags in these situations. They are sending you back to the country you are so proud of. Im hoping they're treated like armed combatants.

Belinda Kitchen

Because someone needs to help cause obviously the government in California don't care . The president is doing all that he can to help . I say if ur illegal you need to leave either willingly or by forcing.

Max DeYoung

This is an insurrection, with guns and devastating fires. They should all be arrested and treated with same due process as the Jan 6th people.

Toasty

Would you be saying the same thing if Biden had deployed the Marines on Jan 6th? Even the National Guard seems a little over the top, but Newsom is 100% responsible for the chaos. He needs to be held accountable for not supporting ICE and the arrests of the criminals that broke into our country.

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No

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Connie Jacobs

This is not an insurrection! The police set their own car on fire from what I heard. These protests were peaceful for the most part until Felon47 got involved. They did cause a lot of damage with the graffiti, but no one was injure bc of it. Maybe Felon47 should have sent 700 Maries like your post o

Fat Guy Outdoors

You heard they destroyed their own police cars. I would suggest you change the place where you get your lies from. They burned they're own cars. Wow. TDS is real.

Lisha Lammers

No, the Marines should NOT be deployed to States against their own people.

Toasty

Not that it may not be warranted, but sets a bad precedence when, not if, a real socialist tricks his/her way into the power and justifies deploying our military against her citizens to 'keep the peace'. I voted for Trump, but lets call 'balls and strikes', he does not get a pass for this behavior.

Asked by ABC 17 News

148 Votes

Are you tired of the rain lately?

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Yes

1 Comment

Eric Smith

The climate is a wreck....it's all Trumps fault!

Max DeYoung

Taxes end climate change.

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No

2 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

No just tired of the crime

Max DeYoung

April showers make May flowers and so on

ABC 17 News

Should Columbia ban the sale of flavored vapes?

30% Yes Yes

70% No No

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70% No

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

50% Yes Yes

50% No No

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50% No

Are you tired of the rain lately?

47% Yes Yes

53% No No

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53% No

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