[Yo-Yo]

The ban on flavored vaping has nothing to do with protecting the children. 90% of vaping products are flavored in some way, with the majority being menthol or the like.

Vape sales are not taxed the same as tobacco sales, and do not generate the tobacco settlement funds to governments that tobacco sales do.

The aim is to maintain tobacco sales and the resulting flow of dollars to governments.

[Boogieman]

“The aim is to maintain tobacco sales and the resulting flow of dollars to governments.”

Bingo. If people really cared, instead of “indoor smoking bans”, etc, they would just ban tobacco. The fact that nobody actually attempts this, even though tobacco is a proven deadly addictive drug with zero health benefits, shows that the revenue is what is really setting policy.