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NC’s Vaping Battle Needs More Than a Tax | Durham News
North Carolina’s new budget takes a step toward curbing youth vaping—with a $1,000 vape shop tax and a 21-and-over entry ban—but experts say it misses the real problem: teens are buying from gas stations and convenience stores. Despite national declines in teen tobacco use, NC still leads the country in high school vaping rates. Students vape in bathrooms, teachers suffer from secondhand smoke, and advocates push for Solly’s Law, which would raise the tobacco-buying age to 21 and require store permits. They argue this, plus education, is what’s needed to stop youth nicotine use before it…
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