WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 18, 2026 ARIZONA State Senator J.D. Mesnard is proposing a bill to criminalize excessive cannabis smoke and odor coming from one’s property — view Arizona Daily Star article — view Marijuana Moment article CALIFORNIA The City of Stockton considers extending its moratorium on new tobacco retailers for another year and may require that anyone selling tobacco products be at least 21 years old, stores display tobacco products in one part of the store, and store hours to between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. — view KCRA article DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/MARYLAND/VIRGINIA WAMU looks at the mixed grades the region got on tobacco policy, such as secondhand smoke exposure in the American Lung Association’s 2026 State of Tobacco Control report — view article GEORGIA Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy releases a statement signed by 71 organizations, which calls attention to specific concerns such as public health and pediatric exposure — view Now Georgia article INDIANA More coverage from Michigan City, where the Council declined to adopt a citywide smokefree air ordinance for public property and will only include government buildings and their parking lots; there had been a concern about the economic impact of adopting smokefree policies from some councilmembers — view WSBT article KANSAS The State Senate passes SB355, a new law tightening licensing and oversight rules on the manufacture, wholesale, and distribution of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products — view KCLY article KENTUCKY A look at Senate Bill 74, which seeks keep “any settlement, judgement, or bankruptcy proceeding against Juul Labs Inc.” in a vaping settlement trust fund administered by the Attorney General for the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program — view Kentucky Lantern article MISSOURI A new bill seeks to make public use of cannabis a misdemeanor — view MissouriNet article NEW JERSEY Newark’s Urb’n becomes North Jersey’s first legal cannabis consumption lounge — view HeadyNJ article VIRGINIA Cannabis sales legalization bills SB 542 and HB 642 advance; adults may be able to purchase up to 2.5 ounces in a single transaction — view Marijuana Moment article E-CIGARETTES Stanton Glantz blog post discusses the meta-analysis that finds that vaping is as nearly as risky as smoking cigarettes and that dual use is worse — view article | 
