A group of Utah vape shops are going to court, trying to stop the state health department from enacting an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarette products.
Eight businesses that own retail locations along the Wasatch Front filed a complaint Monday in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City, seeking a temporary restraining order and an injunction against the Utah Department of Health. The complaint is against UDOH and its director, Dr. Joseph K. Miner.
The rule, issued Oct. 1, says that only tobacco specialty shops can sell flavored e-cigarettes — and that all stores that sell vaping products must post warnings about the dangers of unregulated THC products.