Nicotine vapes and pouches spur competing proposals in South Dakota House

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,137

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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On Tuesday morning, smoke shop lobbyist Jordan Mason told a committee of South Dakota lawmakers that nicotine vaping products are “the number one method worldwide to help people quit smoking.”

Rapid City smoke shop owner Caleb Rose told them fruity, candy-flavored vape varieties are the ones his ex-smoker customers seek out most often and were, for many, the flavors that got them to stop lighting up.

Both men then asked the lawmakers to back …

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