The Food and Drug Administration sent out warnings to stores in seven New Hampshire communities about the sale of unauthorized flavored vape products. A person must be 21 years old in New Hampshire to purchase vape products. In 2020, the FDA implemented a ban on the sale of many flavored e-cigarettes, but the state does not have a flavor ban. Stores in Portsmouth, Rindge, Hinsdale, Newton, Merrimack, Lyndeborough and Keene have received warning letters from the FDA for selling popular flavored vape brands Elf and Esco Bars. “Products like Esco Bars, with their caramel-flavored flavorings, are designed to keep youth hooked on vaping products,” said Patricia Tilley, director of public health for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. DHHS said that in 2019, 34% of New Hampshire high school students were vaping or using some type of vaping product. Two years later, that dropped to 16%, which is the lowest rate since the department began asking teens that question. “It’s great news,” Tilley said. “But still, 16% of high school students is too much.” Tilley said she believes the drop is due to parents and high school students becoming more informed about e-cigarettes. vaping or using other tobacco products now that they are young adults,” Tilley said. Health officials said the concerns are not limited to teens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said thousands of cases have been reported to poison control centers of children under the age of 5 who inhaled or ingested vaping products.More than half of those cases involved the Elf Bar brand.A New Hampshire vape shop owner told News 9 that youngsters getting those products could be due to poor upbringing, saying it’s impossible to avoid it entirely.
The Food and Drug Administration sent out warnings to stores in seven New Hampshire communities about the sale of unauthorized flavored vape products.
A person must be 21 years old in New Hampshire to purchase vaping products. In 2020, the FDA implemented a ban on the sale of many flavored e-cigarettes, but the state does not have a flavor ban.
Stores in Portsmouth, Rindge, Hinsdale, Newton, Merrimack, Lyndeborough and Keene have received warning letters from the FDA for selling popular flavored vape brands Elf and Esco Bars.
“Products like Esco Bars, with their sweet flavors, are designed to keep youth hooked on vaping products,” said Patricia Tilley, director of public health for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
The DHHS said that in 2019, 34% of New Hampshire high school students were vaping or using some type of vaping product. Two years later, that dropped to 16%, which is the lowest rate since the department began asking teens that question.
“That’s great news,” Tilley said. “But still, 16% of high school students is too much.”
Tilley said he believes the drop is due to parents and high school students becoming more informed about e-cigarettes.
“Kids who vaped a couple of years ago are now continuing to vape or use other tobacco products as young adults,” Tilley said.
Health officials said the concerns are not limited to teenagers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said thousands of cases have been reported to poison control centers of children under the age of 5 who inhaled or ingested vaping products. More than half of those cases involved the Elf Bar brand.
A New Hampshire vape shop owner told News 9 that young people getting such products could be due to poor upbringing, saying it’s impossible to avoid it entirely.
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