Los Angeles County bans flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
Los Angeles County bans flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
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Los Angeles County decided Tuesday to outlaw flavored tobacco products.
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The county's Board of Supervisors voted, without dissent, to approve a prohibition on e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and menthol cigarettes — with flavoring — as a result of growing alarm that the products are becoming increasingly popular among young people. The Board also advocated a statewide ban.
The vote came on a second reading after initial approval last week. The ordinance takes effect in 30 days. Retailers will then have 180 days to clear their shelves of flavored tobacco and apply for updated licenses required under the new rules. Flavored tobacco products are "driving the current vaping epidemic among youth," county Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told the board last week.
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