OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Senate Approves Bill to Child-Proof Liquid Nicotine Bottles

Press Release

Date: Dec. 11, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Minors and Children Health and Health Care Food Processing and Sales

The Senate last night approved a measure to require manufacturers to put child-proof caps on the small bottles of liquid nicotine available for purchase in stores across the country.

It's the first time the Senate has taken up and passed a bill aimed at regulating liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes and other vaping devices.

"There is a word for the toxic candy-flavored liquids found in electronic cigarettes: poison. Just this week, a study found that a chemical found in many e-cigarettes is linked to the devastating respiratory disease known as "popcorn lung.' Protecting our nation's children from exposure to poison is basic common sense, especially when it can have dangerous and fatal consequences like liquid nicotine," U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said.

"Just a small amount of this stuff can seriously injure or even kill a small child," said U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), who authored the legislation. "Making these bottles child-proof is just common sense."


Source
arrow_upward