A Kentucky Republican will file legislation in 2025 that would license all sellers of vape or tobacco products, giving the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) enforcement authority over those vendors and empowering its officers to enter the businesses without warrants. Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, said state laws limiting the sale of vaping products to […]
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Vape retailers move to reinstate their legal challenge of 2024 Kentucky law
Kentucky vape retailers plan to appeal the dismissal of their challenge to a 2024 state ban on selling some vaping roducts. A Franklin Circuit judge in late July dismissed their lawsuit challenging the 2024 law. Greg Troutman with the Kentucky Smoke Free Association, which represents vape retailers, filed a notice of appeal Tuesday with the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Troutman, […]
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Shop owner worried anti-vape bill could hurt business
An anti-vaping bill that a Northern Kentucky shop owner says will put his stores out of business passed the House Monday with opposition from some regional lawmakers. The legislation, House Bill 11, would limit vape sales in Kentucky to products authorized or pending action by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Retailers would have to […]
