Tag: Vape
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Court snuffs out challenge to Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
The smoke finally cleared in Denver’s battle over a citywide ban on flavored tobacco products when a Denver court dismissed a challenge from local vape shop owners seeking to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and block its enforcement. On Wednesday, Denver District Court Judge Erica F.H. Englert dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Rocky Mountain Smoke-Free…
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Denver Sheriff’s deputy arrested for selling vape pen to detention center inmate
A Denver Sheriff’s Department deputy was arrested Wednesday for allegedly selling a vape pen to a detention center inmate. Aniel Martinez, 33, faces charges of official misconduct and introducing contraband after he sold a purple vape pen to an inmate in the department’s Downtown Detention Center for $60 on Jan. 2, according to court documents…
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Fight over Denver’s flavored tobacco ban heats up
Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco products is set for a showdown this fall as Children’s Hospital Colorado and a coalition of health advocates have launched a campaign urging voters to uphold the city ordinance passed last year. Launched at a news conference Thursday at the Children’s Colorado Outpatient Care Center, “Denver Kids vs Big Tobacco”…
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Ballot initiative efforts underway to overturn Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
Opponents of Denver’s new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products within the city limits have launched efforts to overturn the measure by taking their fight to the ballot this November. The law, which makes it illegal for any retail tobacco store to “sell, offer for sale, give, barter, deliver or furnish any flavored…