The Petroleum and Convenience Marketers of Alabama responded Thursday to the vote held on Tuesday by the Montgomery City Council, which approved a resolution halting the city from issuing new permits for convenience stores and gas stations for a 90–day period. The resolution was touted by those voting in favor as a way of preventing minors from accessing specific products, specifically vape products.
“The convenience store compliance track record is far, far better at selling age–restricted products than many other businesses,” said Bart Fletcher, president of P&CMA. “The most recently available data from the Center for Disease Control pinpoints the real source of the problem, and it isn’t convenience stores.“
Specifically, the 2021 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the latest data available, surveys high-schoolers on risky behaviors (smoking, vaping, drinking, bullying at school, etc..). For those who indicated they had vaped in the last 30–days, the question was, “How did you usually get your electronic vapor products (EVPs)?”…