SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Council voted on April 25 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol, effective in 2023.
Passed in a 7–2 vote at the April 25 council meeting, the ordinance was introduced by Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert in an effort to address adolescent addiction to flavored e-cigarettes and was supported by local school officials.
“Every school district in the San Diego County region has passed a resolution asking us to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products because they see what’s happening to their students in their school. It is clear that flavors hook kids,” von Wilpert said at the council meeting.
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