Tobacco, Tobacco Products

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about how the study will be conducted or its exact scope.

Study on Vapor Products for Young People

This bill urges the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to study how vapor products affect people under 21 and recommend ways to reduce their use.

What This Bill Does

• Urges the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to study the effects of vapor product sales, distribution, and use by persons under 21 years old.
• Encourages the department to make recommendations to lawmakers on reducing the sale, distribution, and use of these products among those younger than 21.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Tennessee Department of Agriculture
• People under 21 years old who sell, distribute, or use vapor products

Terms To Know

Vapor Products

Devices that heat a liquid to create an aerosol, often used for smoking or vaping.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the study will be conducted.
• It is unclear if and when the department will actually conduct this study.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 525
By Scarbrough

SENATE BILL 638
By Walley

SB0638
002458
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 1,
Chapter 3; Title 39, Title 43, Chapter 27 and Title
68, Chapter 1, Part 1, relative to vapor products.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1513, is amended by deleting
the section and substituting:
The department of agriculture is urged to study the effects of the sale and
distribution of vapor products to, and the use of such vapor products by, persons under
twenty-one (21) years of age and is encouraged to make recommendations to the
legislature with regard to reducing such sale, distribution, and use.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.