Trump's meeting with vaping lobbyists and anti-tobacco activists erupted in shouting and debate this afternoon as the president seemed poised to backpedal on his ban of flavored e-cigarettes
American Vaping Association president Greg Conley and the Vapor Technology Association’s executive director, Tony Abboud, also attended. They say a widespread flavor ban would shutter thousands of businesses and make it harder for former smokers to stay off cigarettes, or for current smokers to switch.
Americans for Tax Reform, a free-market group that has circulated polling figures to Trump that suggested a flavor ban would hurt his reelection, also attended along with Heritage Action. Both groups have signed on withRaising the tobacco purchasing age to 21 has gained momentum in Congress, where a bipartisan measure backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell passed the Senate's health committee this summer.
"None of these people want compromise. They want every product removed from the market, no exception," said Americans for Tax Reform's Paul Blair, who was not in the room but discussed the meeting with colleagues.
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