The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Washington State Board of Health members voted on Wednesday, October 9 to adopt an emergency rule to impose a ban on the sale of flavored vaping products, including flavored THC vapor products, in Washington. The rule became effective immediately upon filing with the code reviser's office, on October 10th. The rule is effective for 120 days. The length of the emergency rule leads up to the legislative session, allowing state legislators to take up the issue in in 2020. The Tobacco and Vaping to 21 laws do not go into effect until January. A flavor ban is a prudent preventat...