COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Selling flavored tobacco and nicotine products could soon be illegal in Colorado after a bill prohibiting the sale of the products was introduced in the state House of Representatives last week.
If passed, House Bill 22-1064 would go into effect on July 1, banning the sale of all flavored tobacco and nicotine products within state lines, including vapes, e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, hookah, chewing tobacco and cigars.
State Sen. Kevin Priola, one of the sponsors of the bill, said he was inspired to take action after his son started vaping around the age of 14. Priola said he would constantly search his son’s room for vapes and would have to drive to far-away trash bins to throw them away to prevent his son from digging the vapes out of the trash.
