Letter: Bangor ought to as soon as once more ban flavored tobacco

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I’m writing to ask, to induce, to beg the Bangor Metropolis Council to vote to finish the sale of flavored tobacco merchandise. The council has already voted in favor of this as soon as. I used to be proud to see my group main the cost to hopefully make this a statewide regulation. Portland and Brunswick adopted.

The council says {that a} “procedural” difficulty has created a scenario the place they needed to repeal the ordinance and vote once more. I had hoped it might be a “procedural” vote. Primarily based on what I’m listening to and studying, I fear whether or not massive tobacco has gotten within the ear of a few of our councilors.

I used to be in highschool just a few years in the past. On the time, I felt like we had been successful the conflict towards youth smoking. Now, we’re backtracking. Children are getting their palms on flavored tobacco. We had been principally informed the merchandise “aren’t that dangerous for you.” However what we’re studying is that habit occurs rapidly, youth lose curiosity in issues like finding out and sports activities, and quitting is much more troublesome than we thought.