Add Montana to the list of states where the future of flavored tobacco products will be debated this year.

A bill in Montana has been introduced that would ban flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vapor products, as well as require everyone to enter a retail tobacco store to be at least 18. The bill defines those retailers as any store which derives at least 90 percent of its revenue from the sale of tobacco products.

H.B. 312 was introduced by Mary Dunwell, D-84. It has been sent to the Committee on Business and Labor.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.