Los Angeles to Ban Flavored Tobacco, With Exception of Hookah

Candy-flavored cigars appear on display at a custom tobacco shop in Albany, N.Y., on May 31. The American Cancer Society is pushing to make New York the first state to enact a comprehensive restriction on the sale of candy-and fruit-flavored cigarillos, chewing tobacco, and tobacco used in water pipes. AP Photo/Hans Pennink

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council on June 1 banned the sale of flavored tobacco in the city, with an exception for hookah lounges that meet certain conditions.

The ordinance will go into effect on Jan. 1. It does not ban the possession or use of flavored tobacco for people over the age of 21.