From ABC News
San Francisco city supervisors unanimously approved a measure that bans the sale of flavored nicotine-laced liquid used in electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco products, saying nicotine masked in cotton candy, banana cream, mint and other flavors entices kids into a lifetime of addiction.
Other cities have passed laws reducing access to flavored vaping liquids and flavored tobacco but San Francisco is the first in the country to approve a sales ban.
Sales of vaping liquids that taste like tobacco will still be allowed.
"We're focusing on flavored products because they are widely considered to be a starter product for future smokers," said Supervisor Malia Cohen, who sponsored the bill.
Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, a nonprofit organization that advocates for vaping products, said the ordinance is "complete nonsense" and ignores the benefits of flavored vaping products.
"There is a great deal of evidence that flavors are critical to helping adults quit smoking by helping them disconnect from the taste of tobacco," said Conley, who quit smoking in 2010 with the help of watermelon flavored "e-liquid," the liquid used in electronic cigarettes.
Hey, San Francisco city supervisors, here's a newsflash. The legal age for buying electronic cigarettes in California is 21. That means anyone under the age of 21 already cannot buy or use flavored vaping liquids. The kids you want to protect are already protected - they can't buy these products. There is a law against that.
So, in protecting children, why are the San Fran city council clowns banning something that is already legally banned throughout the entire state? Because they are fucking idiots. Hey, San Francisco, you want to keep kids in your city from buying/using flavored vaping liquids? ENFORCE THE ALREADY EXISTING LAW, YOU MORONS!!!
