New York bans flavoured e-cigarettes

New York state has banned the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes amid growing national concern about the safety of the products.

The ban went into effect after being approved by the state’s Public Health and Health Planning Council.

New York is the first state to enact such a ban, although Michigan lawmakers have approved a similar ban but are working out details.

This comes days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an emergency executive order banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes.

The governor made his intentions known earlier, calling for people to stop smoking e-cigarettes until more is known about their ingredients after a number of hospitalizations and deaths in recent weeks.

The United States’ Food and Drug Administration also announced a developing plan that is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks that would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and nicotine pods.

Via ABC News