Before it stalled, several counties couldn’t enforce vape ban at tobacco retailers

Flavored vape products are banned in Oregon for six months as of Oct. 15. (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons)

If Oregon’s ban on flavored tobacco vaping cartridges resumes, it will largely be up to county governments to ensure they are taken off shelves.

But there’s a problem: many say they can’t.

At least a dozen counties, whose territories hold a quarter of Oregon’s tobacco retailers, recently told the Oregon Health Authority they can’t or won’t help the state…