A California lawmaker has revised a bill that would have eliminated tobacco sales over time and replaced it with a measure that will close a loophole in the state’s flavored tobacco ban.
The amended Assembly Bill 935, introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael), would authorize the California Department of Health and the attorney general to enforce the ban on flavored tobacco enacted last year.
In 2022, 63 percent of California voters supported Proposition 31, enacting Senate Bill 793, banning the sales of flavored tobacco. The state law prohibits retailers from selling menthol cigarettes, tobacco product flavor enhancers, flavored vape tanks, and other flavored cigarettes from stores and vending machines….