Year: 2019
Resolution Number: 37
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Ron Balboa, MD
Sponsor: Annette Mercatante, MD
On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS make educational materials available to health care providers similar to those used in campaigns against traditional tobacco products that strongly deter vaping; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby for stronger regulations and enforcement, including but not limited to banning the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to minors, including ENDS in legislation seeking to raise the legal age of the purchase of tobacco to age 21, and requiring clear warning labels on all ENDS; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS update existing policies, “Electronic Cigarette Legislative and Policy Gaps” and “Raise Minimum Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21,” to include electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS); and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend existing policy H-495.986, “Sales and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and E-cigarettes,” to include clear a requirement for warning labels on all ENDS.
RESOLVED: That MSMS make educational materials available to health care providers similar to those used in campaigns against traditional tobacco products that strongly deter vaping; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS lobby for stronger regulations and enforcement, including but not limited to banning the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) to minors, including ENDS in legislation seeking to raise the legal age of the purchase of tobacco to age 21, and requiring clear warning labels on all ENDS; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS update existing policies, “Electronic Cigarette Legislative and Policy Gaps” and “Raise Minimum Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco Products to 21,” to include electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS); and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend existing policy H-495.986, “Sales and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and E-cigarettes,” to include clear a requirement for warning labels on all ENDS.
Fiscal Note: $25,000 or more as the Resolution calls for legislative advocacy and potentially the development of educational materials.
Resolution: View PDF for Dangers of Vaping
For More Information, Contact:
Christin Nohner
, Director, State and Federal Government Relations
Government Relations
517-336-5737
cnohner@msms.org