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Retailers scramble as N.Y. moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes

By DAVID KLEPPER and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press
Published: September 16, 2019, 6:04pm
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FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's directing state health officials to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, citing the risk of young people getting addicted to nicotine. The Democrat announced Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019,  that the state health commissioner would be making a recommendation this week to the state Public Health and Health Planning Council.  (AP Photo/Nam Y.
FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's directing state health officials to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, citing the risk of young people getting addicted to nicotine. The Democrat announced Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, that the state health commissioner would be making a recommendation this week to the state Public Health and Health Planning Council. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) Photo Gallery

NEW YORK — Vape shops in New York are scrambling to respond to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to prohibit the sale of flavored vaping products — a ban poised to take effect Tuesday.

Cuomo, a Democrat, proposed the ban on Sunday. The emergency regulation will take effect immediately if approved as expected Tuesday by the state’s Public Health and Health Planning Council.

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