Million-Plus Sign Petitions In California To Overturn Flavored Tobacco Sales Ban
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Aug. 28th
A tobacco industry-funded group announced Tuesday it has submitted petitions with more than 1 million signatures to election officials in an attempt to overturn a recently adopted ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products.
SB 793 prohibits store sales of flavored e-cigarettes and other e- devices, menthol cigarettes, non-premium flavored cigars and cigarillos, and other flavored smokable, vapable and smokeless tobacco products, with the exception of shisha tobacco used in hookahs, loose-leaf pipe tobacco and premium cigars costing $12 or more.
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Aug. 28 after being passed in the Senate by a 38-0 vote and Assembly by a 58-1 vote.
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