NYC files lawsuit against company allegedly illegally peddling flavored vapes to kids: ‘Will not sit idly by’

The metropolis is filing different suit to weaken nan grasp insidious colorful candy candy-flavored vape peddlers person connected Big Apple kids, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday.

The astir caller suit is against Long Island-based Price Point Distributors Inc. and seeks to artifact nan institution from further income arsenic good arsenic activity an undetermined magnitude of monetary damages and fines.

“Price Point’s greed has been pushing nicotine connected our kids for excessively agelong and coming we opportunity nary more,” said successful a nationalist information briefing successful City Hall.

“We will not beryllium idly by arsenic they proceed to harm our kids, and we will not tolerate crime and upset of this magnitude, which includes forbidden income of drugs, vapes and different forbidden cannabis products.”

Long Island-based Price Point Distributors Inc. is facing a suit that would artifact nan institution from further income on pinch seeking an undetermined magnitude of monetary damages and fines. NYC Mayor's Office

After seeing nan dangers of nan addictive product, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a measure prohibiting nan waste of flavored vaping products across nan 5 boroughs successful 2020, a constituent City Hall Chief Counsel Allison Stoddart pointed to.

“With this lawsuit, nan Adams management is continuing to clasp companies accountable erstwhile they put profits complete nan wellness of New Yorkers,” she said. 

In July 2023, nan Adams management revenge a national suit against 4 awesome distributors, and successful April 2024 announced a 2nd suit against 11 section wholesalers.

Both cases are still ongoing.

The city’s acting corp counsel, Muriel Goode-Trufant, said companies trading flavored vape products are “abusing our laws and undermining nationalist health.”

“By trading disposable vapes pinch kid-friendly flavors — specified as cotton candy, raspberry watermelon, and cherry cola — defendants are putting profit earlier nan wellbeing of young people,” she said Thursday.

The Adams management antecedently revenge a national suit against 4 awesome distributors successful July 2023 and announced a 2nd suit against 11 wholesalers past April. Price Point NY

Adams said they are besides moving pinch nan metropolis Department of Education to reside nan scourge.

DOE Security Director Mark Rampersant noted that nan section has adjacent to 300 counselors supporting students addicted to nan products and intend to aggressively amended young group connected nan harms.

“We’re besides providing counseling, support services and counseling to our parents arsenic well,” he said without going into detail.

The National Youth Tobacco Survey said 1 successful 10 US mediate and precocious schoolhouse students — aliases much than 2.5 cardinal kids — utilized e-cigarettes successful a 30-day sample period.

A study conducted conscionable 1 twelvemonth later by nan statement reported that flavored e-cigarettes stay nan “most celebrated products” among teenagers.