San Francisco Weighs First US City Ban on E-Cigarette Sales

San Francisco Weighs First US City Ban on E-Cigarette Sales
E-cigarettes are displayed at Gone With the Smoke Vapor Lounge on May 5, 2016 in S.F., Calif. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco supervisors are considering whether to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping.

Supervisors on June 18 were set to weigh a ban on the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes until the Food and Drug Administration completes a review of the effects of e-cigarettes on public health, as well as ban the manufacturing e-cigarettes on city property.