SENATE LAWMAKERS ARE DISCUSSING A PROPOSED BAN ON FLAVORED TOBACCO AND VAPING PRODUCTS. 

WITH VAPING RELATED ILLNESS AND DEATHS ON THE RISE…AND THE APPEAL OF FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES TO TEENS…LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED OUTLAWING THE PRODUCTS. RUBY JOHNSON OF NEW LENOX TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THE BILL. BACK IN AUGUST, SHE ALMOST LOST HER 18-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO VAPING.

BUT TONY ABBOUD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VAPOR TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION ARGUES THE BAN WILL HURT BUSINESSES.