Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“In the stock room at Division Vapor in Portland, Oregon, a sign affixed to a metal rack holding various nicotine solutions reminds employees to ‘Censor Before [You] Stock!’ The sign alludes to state regulations that require merchants to obscure allegedly child-enticing images and words before displaying vaping products to their adult customers. The law that authorizes those bewildering rules, which in many cases require covering almost the entire label of products sold in stores that do not even admit minors, is at the center of a case that the Oregon Supreme Court is considering today. The case illustrates how concerns about underage vaping have become a pretext for overriding the rights of adult consumers and the businesses that serve them, including the right to communicate and receive information about potentially lifesaving products that offer a harm-reducing alternative to conventional cigarettes.” (10/08/25)
https://reason.com/2025/10/08/oregons-e-cigarette-censorship-is-illogical-and-unconstitutional/