11-18-2019, 02:55 PM
Quote:@"Slate.com" said:
Trump Ditches Flavored Vape Ban After Learning His Supporters Like to Vape
Just two months ago, President Donald Trump responded to the growing health crisis fueled by e-cigarette use, particularly among teens, by calling for a ban on flavored vaping products. Six weeks later, however, Trump indicated—without giving his reasoning—a softening in his stance on e-cigarettes. Now, just over two months after his initial statement, the initiative to ban flavored products favored by teens appears to have been completely snuffed out. Why? “As he had done so many times before,” the Washington Post reports, “Trump reversed course—this time on a plan to address a major public health problem because of worries that apoplectic vape shop owners and their customers might hurt his reelection prospects.”
Source: Slate.com
Quote:@"WashingtonPost" said:
Trump backs off his flavored vape ban — for exactly the reason he said he wouldn’t
It’s hardly a surprise that President Trump is backing off his previously announced flavored vape ban. The whole thing seemed rather haphazard at the time, and he’s no stranger to such reversals. He was going to get tough on guns before he didn’t. He was going to do a full and immediate Syria withdrawal, until he wasn’t. His administration is pockmarked with officials around Trump having to adjust to his whims, only to see the whims soon fade to the background, along with the policies lodged to satisfy them.
But few things have epitomized this trend like the flavored vape ban. And what’s notable here is that Trump seems to be backing down not for reasons of public health, but for political ones — which, it bears emphasizing, is precisely what he said he would not do.
Source: Washington Post
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