Hanover County, Virginia, has approved a new zoning ordinance amendment that imposes significant restrictions on new businesses primarily selling vapes, hemp, and CBD products. The new rules, approved by the Hanover Board of Supervisors in late August, are a response to the increasing number of such stores and resident complaints.
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The Nashville Metro Council is moving forward with an ordinance designed to increase regulations on beer and cigarette markets, a category that was recently amended to include vape shops. The proposal successfully passed its second reading on Tuesday night and aims to control the density and location of these retail establishments.
Read moreThe Newport News City Planning Commission has recommended that the city council approve a new ordinance that would prohibit new vape shops from opening within 2,000 feet of schools and childcare centers. The proposal, which passed the commission in a 5-3 vote, now moves to the city council for a public hearing on September 23.
Read moreThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Philippines has ordered all e-commerce and other digital platforms to immediately remove postings of illegal and uncertified vape products. The DTI identified that certain online merchants were selling vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products that lack the required fiscal markings, tax stamps, and Philippine Standard License marks.
Read moreThe Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metro Council has unanimously passed a new ordinance banning vape and tobacco shops from operating within 500 feet of schools, churches, libraries, daycare centers, public parks, and other vape retailers. The move aims to reduce youth exposure to e-tobacco products.
Read moreThe City of Beckley, West Virginia, has enacted a new ordinance, effective immediately, that imposes strict location restrictions on vape and smoke shops. Passed by the City Council after a second reading, the law aims to protect youth and make communities safer and healthier.
Read moreIn the annals of American enterprise, few industries have risen as quickly or faced such a precipitous, policy-driven fall as the independent vape shop. For a brief, vibrant period, these storefronts were beacons of a modern American dream—started by former smokers turned evangelists, hobbyists turned innovators, and entrepreneurs who saw a genuine opportunity to offer a less harmful alternative to combustible tobacco. They were the heart of a grassroots harm reduction movement that helped millions of adults quit smoking. But today, that movement is being systematically dismantled. Through a combination of crushing regulatory overreach, corporate favoritism, and a pervasive moral panic disguised as public health, the American vape shop is dying. This is not just the story of a failing business model; it’s the story of how a promising public health revolution was stifled, leaving behind a trail of shuttered small businesses and a market increasingly consolidated in the hands of the very industry it sought to disrupt.
Read moreThe city of Richmond, Virginia, has implemented new zoning restrictions that limit where new tobacco and vape shops can open. The ordinance, approved by the Richmond City Council on Monday, July 28, is part of a broader effort to reduce the number of these businesses, particularly in areas frequented by children.
Read moreThe Richmond City Council has approved a new ordinance imposing significant restrictions on where new vape shops can open, aiming to curb the rapid spread of these businesses and protect youth. The legislation bans new tobacco and hemp retailers, including vape shops, from opening within 1,000 feet of any residentially zoned district, K-12 school, park, public library, church, or child day center. It also requires a 1,000-foot separation from any existing vape shop.
Read moreHanover County, Virginia, is poised to tighten restrictions on where new tobacco, vape, and hemp retailers can operate after its planning commission approved a zoning amendment last Thursday. This move follows a similar push by the City of Richmond, as Central Virginia localities leverage new state-granted authority to address community concerns over the proliferation of these shops.
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