HB4541, introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates, would prohibit tobacco products that have added flavoring including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, Hookah tobacco, little cigars and dissolvable tobacco products. Menthol and mint flavors are not included in the definition of “flavored tobacco products.”
This bill is anticipated to taken up by the House Health and Human Resources at 4pm on Monday, February 20th.
Flavored tobacco products entice youth to experiment with (and ultimately become addicted to) tobacco. The US Food and Drug Administration has already banned flavored cigarettes and this proposed bill would expand that ban to all other tobacco products.
The bill has been referred to the Health and Human Resources Committee and then to the Judiciary Committee.
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