Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday says he will do his job of enforcing the law when it comes to removing illegal vape products off store shelves.
"My heart goes out to anyone that loses a job or their business. I mean, that's obviously something that is terrible. That no one would ever want to see. At the same time, the attorney general, my job is to enforce the law. And so, you know, that's something that I take an oath to do," Attorney General Sunday told WGAL.
The announcement follows the bipartisan passage of Act 57 in 2025, which bars retail sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that do not appear on a directory maintained by the Office of the Attorney General.
In a press release, AG Sunday applauded the bipartisan law stating, “This law is about keeping harmful products out of the hands of both children and adults who may not realize what they are consuming. . . Since Act 57 was signed into law, my office has been working diligently to build resources for companies and consumers so they can be in compliance when the enforcement date arrives. I applaud the legislature for their bipartisan support of Act 57 to provide this important public health safety measure to the Commonwealth.”
As enforcement efforts commence, the author of Act 57, Rep. Arvind Venkat, underscored why the law is needed. "We don't know what's in unregistered products, unapproved products by the FDA. If you go to a vape shop- before today- and you picked up a product, you don't know if it's a pure product or whether it might include chemicals that are particularly harmful," Rep. Arvind Venkat, a Pittsburgh Democrat and the only physician in the state House, said.