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Tobacco Harm Reduction advocates won the argument about the best way to help improve public health and defeated a Colorado bill that would have banned flavored vaping products. Amanda Wheeler and co-host Char Owen are joined by an all-star panel of guests who worked on the front lines to defeat the ban. This week’s panel includes Tim Andrews of Americans for Tax Reform, Lindsey Stroud of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Reformer Art Way, and Government Relations Pro Joe Miklosi.

Links:

• Denver Post: Bill to ban flavored vaping liquid dies in Colorado legislature

• Filter Magazine: Colorado Flavored Vape Ban Voted Down in Big Loss for Prohibitionists

• CDC: 40% or approx. 5 million e-cigarette smokers are former cigarette smokers.

• Letter from ATR Opposing Colorado Flavor Ban

• Yale Study: Ban on flavored vaping may have led teens to cigarettes

• New England Journal of Medicine: The E-Cigarette Flavor Debate — Promoting Adolescent and Adult Welfare

Intro music: Last Summer by Ikson - https://www.iksonmusic.com