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California Bill Would Authorize Seizure of Flavored Tobacco Products From Store Shelves

The measure boosts enforcement to keep the products away from kids and improve school performance. Opponents call it unnecessary.
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California Bill Would Authorize Seizure of Flavored Tobacco Products From Store Shelves
JUUL Labs Inc. Virginia tobacco and menthol flavored vaping e-cigarette products are displayed in a convenience store in El Segundo, Calif., on June 23, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Summer Lane
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Since January 2023, California retailers have been prohibited from selling flavored tobacco products or enhancers, and starting this year the state public health department has been charged with enforcing the ban.

A new bill wants to get even tougher.

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Summer Lane is the bestselling author of 30 adventure books, including the hit "Collapse Series." She is a reporter and writer with years of experience in journalism and political analysis. Summer is a wife and mother and lives in the Central Valley of California.