San Francisco is trying to crack down on electronic cigarettes that critics say aggressively target kids. An official proposed what's thought to be the first U.S. ban on their sale until the federal government regulates vaping products.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, at podium, announces that he's cracking down on the sale of e-cigarettes that he says aggressively target youth, at a City Hall news conference on March 19, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco is trying to crack down on electronic cigarettes that critics say aggressively target kids.
"The result is that millions of children are already addicted to e-cigarette, and millions more will follow if we don't act," he said Tuesday. "We have people addicted to nicotine who would have never smoked a cigarette had it not been for the attractive products that target our young people," said Walton, a former president of the San Francisco Board of Education.
The city has often been on the forefront in passing liberal social policies that clash with business interests, whether it's banning single-use plastic bags or the sale of fur products.A customer exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at a store in New York on Feb. 20, 2014.Manufacturers were supposed to submit most products for review by August 2018, but FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb in 2017 delayed the deadline until 2022.
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