SANTA ANA, Calif.—Santa Ana City Council will vote on finalizing a full ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products on March 15 after months of discussion. “We are in the midst of a huge tobacco use epidemic which tobacco companies are luring kids into [a] lifetime of nicotine addiction,” Councilwoman Nelida Mendoza said at a March 1 meeting. If passed on March 15, the ordinance will go into effect 30 days after it is signed by the mayor and attested by the City Clerk—usually within a few days of the final vote, Santa Ana spokesperson Paul Eakins told The Epoch Times. Mendoza originally proposed the ban in late December. In terms of what to ban and when to ban, the council had multiple options to consider. The main options considered by the council include an immediate ban on the sale of all flavored tobacco products, an immediate ban excluding hookah, or a regular …