Juul is arming to fight a sweeping e-cigarette ban on its home turf
It's helping bankroll a proposed ballot initiative that pushes back at the city's ban by proposing a new system allowing sales of vaping products. With just days to go before the deadline to submit signatures, the measure appears to have more than twice the number needed to appear on the November ballot.
The friction between the company and the city dates to 2017, when city supervisors prohibited the sale of flavored tobacco products. The law, among the toughest of its kind in the nation, prompted the industry to fight back with a ballot measure last November supported by companies like R.J. Reynolds, which spent $12 million. In the end,
The measure would establish a new set of city regulations requiring electronic ID verification both for online and retail sales, permits to sell vapor products and increased restrictions on marketing and limits on the number of products that can be purchased. While anti-tobacco advocates argue the referendum could overturn the city’s existing flavored tobacco law, Allbee said the regulations would keep the city's flavored tobacco that ban "firmly in place.
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