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Board votes to ban e-cigarette use where smoking is banned, require tobacco permits for sales
Summary
The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance to amend the health code to prohibit electronic cigarettes where smoking is already banned, require a tobacco permit for e-cigarette sales and ban sales where tobacco sales are prohibited.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance in first reading March 18 that would treat electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) similarly to conventional tobacco products in places where smoking is prohibited and would require retailers to obtain a tobacco permit to sell e-cigarettes.
Supervisor John Avalos and Supervisor Mark Farrell joined sponsor Supervisor Jane Kim in urging the measure. Kim said recent studies show rapidly increasing youth use and that flavored e-cigarette products are marketed in ways that…
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