Texas Ban on China-Made Vape Products Targeted in Industry Suit

A Texas state law banning the sale of e-cigarettes containing ingredients manufactured in China is unconstitutional, a group of vaping companies claim.

The statute is an “impermissible exercise of state power in a realm reserved for the federal government” under the US Constitution’s foreign commerce clause, the Vapor Technology Association and several Texas-based e-cigarette retailers alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on June 20 signed into law SB 2024, which criminalizes the advertising and selling of e-cigarette products that contain nicotine solutions wholly or ...