A breath of fresh air : [electronic resource] : reducing youth vaping in Tennessee / Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

Abstract: Tennessee’s laws on vaping in public have become more restrictive, and the minimum age to vape was increased to 21—the same as for tobacco products. But apart from a one-year dip in 2017, Tennessee’s youth vaping rate has been relatively stable since 2015. Given the high youth vaping rates in Tennessee, Public Chapter 937, Acts of 2024, directed the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the effects of vaping and the use of all vapor products by persons under 21 years of age (see appendix A). The commission has identified several solutions tailored to preventing youth access and promoting cessation without either overburdening adults 21 years or older who choose to vape or without harming businesses that are selling vapor products legally and responsibly.