LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer urged the City Council to ban the sale of all flavored tobacco, including hookah, instead of the current draft ordinance excluding hookah from the ban on Sept. 23. The Los Angeles City Council on June 16 directed the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to ban flavored tobacco and menthol cigarette sales in the city, but exempted hookah tobacco products at existing smokers lounges. “A complete ban in the city of Los Angeles on the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including flavored hookah, has the potential to be life-saving,” said Feuer. He said 3.6-million kids nationwide are vaping, using e-cigarettes, which he called a “gateway” to regular cigarettes. “Kid-friendly flavors are driving this youth vaping epidemic. Hookah also comes in a variety of sweet flavors to entice kids, and I’m calling on the City Council to include sales of flavored hookah in …