California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that now prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products. It was noted that vendors who continue to sell flavored tobacco products will not be criminally charged, but will face a $250 fine.
Senator Jerry Hill said the new ban would “address an unprecedented surge in youth nicotine consumption.” The bill says “This bill would prohibit a tobacco retailer, or any of the tobacco retailer’s agents or employees, from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with the intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer, as those terms are defined, except as specified.” The bill is going after products that have sweeter flavors like mint, menthol, fruit, chocolate, and candy. However, “premium cigars” and loose-leaf tobacco are excluded from the ban by Newsom.
The bill is set to go in effect on January 1, 2021.
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