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Michigan's Flavored E-Cigarette Ban Blocked by Judge for Now

A Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette, USB charger and flavored pods. — A Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette, USB charger and flavored pods.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

By

Joel Rosenblatt and

Chris Dolmetsch

October 15, 2019, 7:38 PM UTC

Michigan’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes was temporarily blocked by a state judge, who ruled that the emergency provision short-circuited normal lawmaking procedures.

The ruling Tuesday is at least the second to temporarily bar enforcement of a state measure targeting e-cigarettes amid a rising epidemic of illnesses and deaths linked to vaping.