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California bans flavored tobacco products

By April Hettinger

August 29, 2020 7:19 PM

Published August 29, 2020 3:05 PM

Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - California is ending the sale of all flavored tobacco product in the state.

Friday the Governor Gavin Newsom announced the senate voted unanimously to ban the products.

The ban include menthol and fruit flavors tobacco products.

It comes amid growing concerns over the health effects of e-cigarettes.

The ban takes effect January 1 of next year.

It excludes hookah tobacco retailers and loose leaf tobacco products like those sold in pouches for pipe smoking along with handmade premium cigars.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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