Juul is fighting to overturn San Francisco’s ban on all e-cigs through a November ballot initiative — and other cities are watching
SAN FRANCISCO — Several California cities are swiftly moving beyond flavored vape bans to outlaw e-cigarette sales entirely, following in the footsteps of Juul’s hometown of San Francisco.
“This is not just crazy San Francisco saying that e-cigarettes are bad for folks, particularly bad for our young people,” said city Supervisor Shamann Walton, who wrote the city ordinance that banned e-cigarettes. “We need to do everything that we can to keep them out of the hands of our youth here in San Francisco and continue work to make sure that happens across the state and across the country.”By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO.
Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said he sees flavor bans, rather than all-out prohibitions, as the primary way state and local governments will push the federal government for decisive action. But if that doesn't happen, all bets may be off, particularly given public concern over the recent vaping-related illness.
Much of the anti-vaping action has been driven by local governments with some 30 cities nationwide — including 22 in California — already enacting comprehensive flavor restrictions, including products that contain menthol. More than 200 jurisdictions around the country now enforce some form of restrictions around e-cigarettes to address youth vaping.Gov.
Kwong, the Juul spokesperson, said the company was “disappointed” the two other Bay Area cities — Livermore and Richmond — “took the same path” as San Francisco, instead of focusing on “the opportunity to enact tough and effective regulation that will prevent youth access.”
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