tobacco

The defeat on first reading on Dec. 1 posed a problem because the city ordinance would then be out of sync with state law.

Local governments can craft local ordinances to make state laws more strict, but not less strict.

The defeat of the proposed revisions to the tobacco ordinance means the City of Casper is out of sync with state law.

Nationally, hundreds of individual and class-action lawsuits have been filed and combined into a mass litigation lawsuit in San Francisco.

Manufacturer Juul Labs said in November it was halting U.S. sales of its best-selling, mint-flavored e-cigarettes.

However, it is still illegal for retailers to sell any tobacco product to any person under the age of 21, per the new federal law.

Officials say 95% of smokers start before the age of 21.

In November, Racine was elected to a second term as attorney general and Raoul was elected to his first.

In the past couple of years, the Natrona County School District has been criticized by parents and others for not preventing bullying.

In another change, the company is in the process of discontinuing the sale of fruit- and dessert-flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems.