Vape sales near Louisiana schools face a new line

In Louisiana, the proposal would push vapor-product sales farther from schools, turning proximity to campus into the key retail line. For parents and students, that means fewer convenient places near the school gate to buy them.

The measure is aimed at vapor products specifically, and school proximity is the line retailers would have to watch.

The stores nearest the gate

That would matter most for convenience stores, gas stations and other small retailers that sit along school routes. They would have to think about where they can legally sell, not just what they can stock.

Representative Tehmi Chassion, a Democrat from House District 44, is the bill’s sponsor. Recorded votes show the bill cleared a floor vote.