“The bill to ban flavored tobacco is still in play in the California Legislature despite the shortened legislative session due to COVID-19 shutdowns, and despite that the Food and Drug Association gave the Swedish Match General “Snus,” a “Modified Risk Tobacco Product designation.” Senate Bill 793, authored by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), would make it illegal for any store that sells tobacco to sell flavored tobacco or tobacco flavor enhancer products. Current law already bans the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21 years old. At the same time, the legislation does not 1) ban cigarettes, despite the fact that we’re in the midst of a respiratory illness pandemic and cigarettes are a huge problem for respiratory health, and 2) touch flavored cannabis vapes, e.g., mango cannabis vapes, despite a bunch of people having actually DIED from vaping cannabis in 2019.”
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Flavored Tobacco Ban Is Still in Play in Legislature Despite COVID
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