--- title: "Report: Trump to Ban All Vape Flavors Except Tobacco, Menthol" description: "According to Axios, the Trump administration will announce plans for a complete ban on all flavored vape products, except tobacco and mint flavors." date: "2019-11-02" modified: "2019-11-02" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-ban-vape-menthol-tobacco" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "e-cigarettes" - "vape" - "vaping" --- # Report: Trump to Ban All Vape Flavors Except Tobacco, Menthol ![According to Axios, the Trump administration will announce plans for a complete ban on all flavored vape products, except tobacco and mint flavors.]() *\Image: Images via Pixabay/Victor Tangermann\* It's a terrifying epidemic: a [mysterious vaping illness]() has gripped the nation and lawmakers are desperate to get ahead of it. According [to *Axios*](), the Trump administration is set to announce a plan for a complete ban on all flavored vaping products next week — except for two noteworthy exceptions: tobacco and menthol flavors. The *Washington Post* had [previously reported]() that senior health officials wanted to make exceptions for tobacco, mint, and menthol flavors, since they are far more popular with adults than with children. It's an interesting development, considering Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar [has been quoted]() in the past saying that mint and menthol should also be included in the ban. "These products are still getting to kids and we cannot let a whole generation get addicted to them through mint and menthol and other flavors," Azar [told reporters]() on September 11, the day the White House [initially called]() for a vaping product ban. On Monday, *WaPo* [reported]() that mint and menthol were being reconsidered by the White House as exceptions to the ban, while tobacco flavor was set to get an exception regardless. It's a controversial move that's bound to receive backlash. Some have called it [bad policymaking]() and government overreach. And others just say it will be ineffective. "Excluding menthol would be huge — it means that kids will buy menthol," public health attorney Desmond Jenson [told the *WaPo*](). "If you give them one flavor, that’s what they will buy. It doesn’t solve the problem." ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()