San Francisco becomes first U.S. city to ban sale of e-cigarettes

[TexasTowelie]

San Francisco became the first city in the U.S. to ban the sale of e-cigarettes Tuesday despite opposition from corner store owners and local vaping manufacturer Juul.

The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 to approve the legislation introduced by Supervisor Shamann Walton, which is intended to prevent youth from vaping.

“We spent the ’90s battling Big Tobacco. And now we see its new form through e-cigarettes,” Walton said. “I am not going to put profits of Big Tobacco over the health of our children and our young people.”

The sales ban will remain in place until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviews the products for their public health impacts.

Read more: https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/sf-becomes-first-u-s-city-to-ban-sale-of-e-cigarettes/

[spin]

1. I know a number of adults who use e-cigs rather than smoke cigarettes. ...

Banning e-cigs might cause them to go back to smoking cigarettes and consequently they could suffer more damage to their health than would result from the use of e-cigs.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I hope I live long enought to see all cigarettes

banned.

[SoCalNative]

3. I hope the city gets sued

into bankruptcy over this.