Supreme Court won’t block California flavored tobacco ban
California will be the second state in the nation, after Massachusetts, to enact a ban prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products.
California will be the second state in the nation, after Massachusetts, to enact a ban prohibiting the sale of all flavored tobacco products.
R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies filed a request Tuesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to impose an emergency order to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters earlier this month.
The sale and distribution of certain flavored tobacco products will be permanently banned in Long Beach starting August 15, officials announced Tuesday.
The city’s ban on flavored tobacco sales expired last month but the City Council adopted a permanent ban Tuesday night as a statewide bill awaits a vote of the people in 2022.