This week, the American Tax Reform Association filed affidavits and testified before the Connecticut Legislature's Joint Public Health Committee against HB 6488, legislation that would ban flavored vaping products in the state.

ATR's testimony highlighted the negative public health impact of spice bans and the economic damage that could come from banning entire parts of a state's economy.

"E-cigarettes have been proven to be 95 percent less harmful than combustible cigarettes, and flavored e-cigarettes are critical for adults trying to vape to quit smoking," said Tim Andrews, Director of Consumer Issues at ATR and author of the testimony ( Tim Andrews) said. "This flavor ban will prevent Connecticut adults from using lower-risk tobacco alternatives to quit smoking. Taste matters to adults, and HB 6488 will deprive them of these life-saving tools. Connecticut's General Assembly must focus on facts, evidence, and science , not just anecdotes and emotional appeals.”

“Studies have repeatedly shown that the flavors banned by HB 6488 are critical to helping adult smokers switch to vaping. Adults who use flavored vapor products are 43% more likely to quit than adults who use unflavored products. HB 6488 Directly Contradicts All currently available data on these reduced-risk tobacco alternatives."

"Spice bans have been shown to lead to an increase in teen smoking. A study by Dr. Abigail Friedman of Yale University found that after the city of San Francisco implemented a cigarette ban in 2018, the odds of teens smoking in the city more than doubled." "There is no evidence that taste influences youth acceptance of vaping, as it has been shown that children are equally willing to try regular and flavored vaping products."

“HB 6488 also seeks to ban flavored cigars, a policy without any evidence that it has any effect on reducing smoking rates. However, Massachusetts enacted a ban on all flavored tobacco products in 2020, but evidence from the real world suggests that Such bans are counterproductive and costly. This policy failure is costing Massachusetts more than $10 million a month in lost excise tax revenue due to tobacco smuggling and cross-border purchases, while smoking rates have actually increased.”

"It really comes down to an important fundamental question," Andrews said in oral testimony to committee members. "Connecticut for Prohibition or Harm Reduction. Harm Reduction Works. Prohibition Doesn't."

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