South Carolina House Passes Bill Restricting Local Tobacco Laws
Earlier today, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a law that would restrict local governments from enforcing stricter tobacco laws including the banning of flavored tobacco products or requiring specific tobacco retailer licenses.
The bill now moves to the South Carolina Senate.
H. 3681 would preempt local governments from enacting new restrictions regarding “ingredients, flavors, or licensing” for the sale of cigarettes, other tobacco products, e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vapor products, and alternative nicotine products. This would mean that cities and counties within the state would have no authority to ban flavored cigars; rather, the state would need to ban flavored cigars.
The bill passed today by a vote of 80-23.
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.
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