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Why Have So Many Vaping Bills Stalled In The California Legislature?

Lindsay Fox, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Earlier this week, the state Department of Public Health urged Californians to stop vaping immediately, less than a week after Governor Newsom signed an executive order to curb vaping among youth.

And yet, unlike in many other states, the California legislature has yet to pass a single law related to vaping. In this interview, FM89’s Kerry Klein interviews CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher about the status of vaping bills in the legislature and the central role of Merced Assemblyman Adam Gray.

Kerry Klein is an award-winning reporter whose coverage of public health, air pollution, drinking water access and wildfires in the San Joaquin Valley has been featured on NPR, KQED, Science Friday and Kaiser Health News. Her work has earned numerous regional Edward R. Murrow and Golden Mike Awards and has been recognized by the Association of Health Care Journalists and Society of Environmental Journalists. Her podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool was named a podcast “listeners couldn’t get enough of in 2021” by the radio aggregator NPR One.
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