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A California lawmaker proposed a bill Jan. 25 to ban disposable electronic vapes and tobacco filters to protect public health and the environment.
Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced Assembly Bill 1690 at a virtual press conference alongside the bill’s co-authors, assembly members Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) and Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine).
“For more than half a century, tobacco filters have caused a public and environmental health crisis,” Rivas said. “The Ocean Protection Council’s statewide microplastic strategy recommended that California prohibits the sale of single-use tobacco products including cigarette filters and electronic vapes. ”…
