Colorado: Tell state legislators to ban flavored tobacco products

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Tell Colorado legislators to end the sale of flavored tobacco products

The tobacco industry uses flavored products to lure kids and get them hooked, and these products are fueling the youth nicotine addiction crisis in Colorado.

Youth e-cigarette use remains at epidemic levels. An overwhelming majority of kids who vape say flavors are why they do it. Meanwhile, Big Tobacco continues to use minty menthol cigarettes and small dessert-flavored cigars to target and addict youth as they've done for decades, especially in communities of color.

It's time to stop this – and protect Colorado's kids – by ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products.

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Colorado General Assembly

Subject: End the sale of flavored tobacco

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As someone who lives in your district, I'm writing to ask you to support the bill to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Colorado. This includes flavored e-cigarettes, which are fueling a youth nicotine addiction crisis – and menthol cigarettes, which the tobacco industry has long used to lure kids, particularly in communities of color. The facts are clear: • 81% of youth who have used tobacco started with a flavored product. • Over 2.5 million kids now use e-cigarettes, and the vast majority of them say flavors are the reason they do it. • 41% of high school smokers use menthol cigarettes, which are easier for kids to start using and harder for smokers to quit. • Cigars – which come in hundreds of sweet flavors – are now the second most popular tobacco product among high schoolers. • Over 580,000 youth use hookah, which comes in appealing flavors, delivers addictive nicotine and has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking. Meanwhile, health experts are warning that smoking and vaping can worsen COVID-19. There couldn't be a more critical time to stop these lung-harming, kid-addicting flavored tobacco products. Please do everything you can to make sure all flavored tobacco products are off the shelves in all locations across Colorado without exception.

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