Category: Tobacco bans

Civil Rights Losing Out to New Zealand’s War on Tobacco

December 22, 2022
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Commentary Occasionally, one comes across a law that creates more problems than it tries to solve. The New Zealand Parliament adopted such a law on Dec. 13, the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022. The law stipulates that a person “must not sell a smoked tobacco product to a person born…

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San Diego to Ban Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in 2023

April 26, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Council voted on April 25 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol, effective in 2023. Passed in a 7–2 vote at the April 25 council meeting, the ordinance was introduced by Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert in an effort to address adolescent addiction to flavored e-cigarettes and was…

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Santa Ana Moves Forward With Banning All Flavored Tobacco Products

March 10, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Santa Ana City Council will vote on finalizing a full ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products on March 15 after months of discussion. “We are in the midst of a huge tobacco use epidemic which tobacco companies are luring kids into [a] lifetime of nicotine addiction,” Councilwoman Nelida Mendoza said at…

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Santa Ana to Potentially Ban Flavored Tobacco Sales

December 27, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—To keep flavored tobacco products away from minors, Santa Ana is considering a complete ban on flavored tobacco sales or stricter measures to limit product access. Councilwoman Nelida Mendoza brought forth the agenda item that was originally intended to either be adopted as an urgency ordinance or approved as a first reading. However,…

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