San Francisco Moves Closer To Banning All E-Cigarette Sales Citywide
The measures will require a subsequent vote before becoming law
San Francisco supervisors moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the U.S. to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping.
In a unanimous vote, supervisors approved a ban on the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes until the Food and Drug Administration completes a review of their effects on public health. Another proposal would ban the manufacturing of e-cigarettes on city property. The measures will require a subsequent vote before becoming law.
“We spent the ’90s battling big tobacco, and now we see its new form in e-cigarettes,” supervisor Shamann Walton said.
“E-cigarettes have been a leading cause of addiction in young people to nicotine, so now we see increases of nicotine addition for middle school children, high school students.”
The supervisors acknowledged that the legislation would not entirely prevent youth vaping, but they hoped it would be a start.
“This is about thinking about the next generation of users and thinking about protecting the overall health and sending a message to the rest of the state and the country: Follow our lead,” Supervisor Ahsha Safaí said.
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