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Question of the Day By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press - Friday, January 22, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Californians will vote in 2022 on whether the state should ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including flavored vaping cartridges.
Lawmakers approved the ban in 2020, but a referendum qualified Friday, meaning voters will have their say in November 2022. In the meanwhile, the law won’t take effect. Major tobacco companies backed the referendum in hopes of overturning the law.
The flavored tobacco ban restricts sale of the products but does not criminalize possession. It also exempts loose-leaf tobacco, premium cigars and shisha tobacco used in hookah. It bars the sale of flavors including - but not limited to -“fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, menthol, mint,
SACRAMENTO A California law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products was placed on hold Friday after state officials said a referendum by the tobacco industry qualified for the November 2022 ballot.
The announcement means the law approved last year by the Legislature and signed by the governo
SACRAMENTO
A California law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products was placed on hold Friday after state officials said a referendum by the tobacco industry qualified for the November 2022 ballot.
The announcement means the law approved last year by the Legislature and signed by the governor is suspended until California voters decide late next year whether to affirm or repeal the ban.
“It’s a sad day for California when the money of Big Tobacco is able to delay the inevitable while continuing to addict and kill more Californians,” said former state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), who authored the law before he left office.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The sale of flavored tobacco products in California can continue, for now.
The flavor ban which includes menthol cigarettes was set to go into effect on Jan. 1. However, state officials agreed to delay the new law s implementation after opponents to the ban petitioned to bring the issue of the voters.
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The Associated Press, the offices of Secretary of State Alex Padilla and state Attorney General Xavier Becerra won t enforce the legislation until county clerks have enough time to verify that there are at least 623,000 valid signatures.
On Nov. 24, the California Coalition for Fairness said it submitted more than 1 million signatures from registered voters in a bid to get a veto referendum to overturn the legislation, SB 793, onto the November 2022 ballot, as