Boston Globe: Baker declares public health emergency, orders 4-month ban on all vaping products

September 30, 2019

Boston Globe reports that Governor Charlie Baker took aggressive action Tuesday, ordering a four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products in Massachusetts in what is the most sweeping prohibition targeting electronic cigarettes in the United States. Boston Children’s Alicia Casey, MD, who appeared alongside Baker Tuesday, described treating teens who required ventilators to breathe and could suffer permanent lung damage after vaping. Read more from the Boston Globe.