On Wednesday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that her state would become the first to issue an outright ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.
"Companies selling vaping products are using candy flavors to hook children on nicotine and misleading claims to promote the belief that these products are safe," she said in a statement. "That ends today.”
The New York Times reports that the new rules will be put in place within the next few weeks, and that businesses will have a month to comply.
Tony Abboud, the executive director of the Vapor Technology Association, opposes the ban, saying it will hurt small business people and create a black market for flavored e-cigarettes. Someone recently died due to the effects of vaping in Illinois, while San Francisco became the first American city to ban the sale of e-cigarettes in June.