A legislative bill proposing to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in Hawaii has been defeated in the state Senate, disappointing health advocates working to end the state's youth vaping epidemic.

House Bill 551 opens in a new tab, introduced by State Rep. Scot Matayoshi (D, Kaneohe-Maunawili), to the Senate Consumer Protection and Health and Human Services Committees, but no hearings scheduled for today's deadline meeting.

The bill, supported by the Keiki Caucus and opposed by the Hawaii Smokers' Union, would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including vaping products, and the false labeling of e-liquids as nicotine-free.

Yukichi has introduced similar bills in past years, including one that came to the governor's desk last year, but had loopholes, faced opposition and was ultimately defeated.

“I am disappointed that, year after year, the legislature fails to pass flavored e-cigarette bans,” Matayoshi said in an email. "This bill has broad public support, and for every year we delay, thousands of keiki become addicted to nicotine."

A series of legislative bills have been introduced this year to address the regulation of flavored tobacco products. For years, health advocates have pushed for the ban to address Hawaii's teenage vaping epidemic, saying companies deliberately market candy-flavored products to lure and drug teens.

They now support Senate Bill 1447 opens in a new tab, introduced by State Senator Brandon Elefante (D, Aiea-Pearl City), which restores county-by-county enactments for the sale of tobacco products and vaping devices The ability to impose stricter regulations.

On Tuesday, the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee recommended passage of the measure, with amendments.

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