Petition Aims to Stop Denver’s Pending Flavored Tobacco Ban
Retailers continue to fight Denver’s upcoming flavored tobacco ban
After the Denver City Council voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products within the city this past December, a flavored tobacco ban is set to go into effect on March 18, but opponents of the ban have launched a crusade to overturn it.
The ban is set to prohibit flavored tobacco products, including flavored vape, chews, pouches and menthol cigarettes.
In mid-January, a number of vape shop owners, including Phil Guerin, president of the Rocky Mountain Smoke-Free Alliance Board of Directors and owner of Myxed Up vape stores, filed a petition for a referendum with the city’s Clerk and Recorder’s Office, seeking to introduce a ballot initiative to remove “amendments to the city municipal code that prohibit retail tobacco stores from selling flavored tobacco products,” according to a report by the Denver Gazette.
In order to succeed in placing the initiative on the November ballot, the petition will need nearly 9,500 valid signatures from registered Denver voters by March 19, 2025, the Denver Gazette reported.
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