JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Legislature voted early Thursday morning to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill to disallow minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes.
The measure, which passed with super-majorities in both chambers the first time around, did so again on Wednesday and Thursday: 125 to 33 in the House, and 26 to 6 in the Senate.
Nixon opposed the bill, citing a provision that exempts electronic cigarette products from being regulated in the same way the state regulates traditional tobacco products. For Nixon, the provision was a deadly carcinogen Jeff Harris, the Democratic governor’s director of policy, said the measure “has the facade of being regulation, but in reality, it is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”