ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES | NEW LAW TAKES EFFECT SEPT. 1
These e-cigarettes don't contain tobacco. That's why they could be banned in Wisconsin
KIMBERLY WETHAL
Updated
Dave McMurray, owner of M of N Vapors, uses a butterscotch custard-flavored e-cigarette in his shop in Sun Prairie. McMurray, along with other e-cigarette merchants around the state, could be forced to close after most of their products will become illegal starting in September.
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The days until the sale of certain e-cigarettes were to be banned in Wisconsin was displayed over the summer summer on a message board in Dave McMurray’s shop, M of N Vapors, in Sun Prairie.
Dave McMurray, owner of M of N Vapors, helps a customer with disposable vapes at his shop in Sun Prairie. McMurray quit smoking a decade ago, after 40 years of trying to kick the habit. The only strategy that worked for him was e-cigarettes, which contain nicotine but eliminate other chemicals and carcinogens found in combustible cigarettes, McMurray said.
A poster urging customers to push back on a law that will outlaw the sales of any e-cigarettes that don’t have FDA approval sits at the front counter of McMurray’s shop.
It’s not just e-cigarette liquids and juices that will become illegal to sell in Wisconsin starting in September. The devices used to inhale them will be, too, regardless of whether there’s anything in them.
Dave McMurray, owner of M of N Vapors, uses a butterscotch custard-flavored e-cigarette in his shop in Sun Prairie. McMurray, along with other e-cigarette merchants around the state, could be forced to close after most of their products will become illegal starting in September.
The days until the sale of certain e-cigarettes were to be banned in Wisconsin was displayed over the summer summer on a message board in Dave McMurray’s shop, M of N Vapors, in Sun Prairie.
Dave McMurray, owner of M of N Vapors, helps a customer with disposable vapes at his shop in Sun Prairie. McMurray quit smoking a decade ago, after 40 years of trying to kick the habit. The only strategy that worked for him was e-cigarettes, which contain nicotine but eliminate other chemicals and carcinogens found in combustible cigarettes, McMurray said.
A poster urging customers to push back on a law that will outlaw the sales of any e-cigarettes that don’t have FDA approval sits at the front counter of McMurray’s shop.
It’s not just e-cigarette liquids and juices that will become illegal to sell in Wisconsin starting in September. The devices used to inhale them will be, too, regardless of whether there’s anything in them.
