San Francisco will ban electronic cigarettes completely

San Francisco (California) will be the first major US city to completely ban electronic cigarettes. This became possible after the San Francisco Supervisory Board 18 voted unanimously on June. A final vote for this measure is expected next week.

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The San Francisco Supervisory Board approved a resolution amending the City’s Health Code to ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, on city property. The document highlighted e-cigarettes, which city officials called the cause of "the growing epidemic of smoking vaps young people," writes NBC News.

According to the laws in force in the city, the San Francisco Supervisory Board must make decisions through two readings. Therefore, before the ban can enter into force, a second vote will have to pass, it is scheduled for next week. On Tuesday, observers expressed concern about the impact of this law on small businesses and said they plan to create a working group that will assist them after the ban enters into force.

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A study conducted in February by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that in 2018, about 5 million middle and high school students used 4,9 in the year compared to 3,6 millions a year earlier. CDC Director Robert Redfield said after the publication of the study that the country should help protect children from this preventable health risk.

“The rapid increase in e-cigarette use among youth over the past year threatens to undermine progress made in reducing tobacco use among young people. This puts a new generation at risk of nicotine addiction,” Redfield said.

The San Francisco-based e-cigarette production company positions vapes as a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco. The company stressed that they have long taken steps to keep children from using their products. The company said in a statement that it made the age verification process for buying cigarettes on the Internet more secure and closed its Instagram and Facebook accounts to try to prevent vaping from spreading to those who had not reached 21 of the year.

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“But banning vaping products for all adults in San Francisco would not effectively curb underage smoking and would leave cigarettes on store shelves as the only choice for adult smokers, even though they kill 40 Californians every year,” a Juul spokesperson said. Ted Kwong.

The American Vaping Association also opposes such a ban, arguing that adult smokers deserve access to less dangerous alternatives to traditional cigarettes.

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