In OPPOSITION to SB 177, "An act concerning Business Regulation – Flavored Tobacco Products – Prohibition."
Chairman and members of the committee, My name is Marc Hyden, and I am the director of state government affairs for the R Street Institute, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. Our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government in many areas, including tobacco harm reduction. That is why SB 177 is of special interest to us. The R Street Institute has long been concerned with the impacts of smoking combustible cigarettes. Years before it became law, we supported efforts to raise the age to purcha...