San Francisco considers banning the sale and manufacture of nicotine e-cigarettes

In an aggressive move to block youth access to addictive products, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Supervisor Shamann Walton have introduced legislation that bans the physical sale or delivery via shipping of any nicotine-containing vaping product.

A second bill bans any manufacturers of e-cig products from city property. If passed this would kick Juul out of its headquarters.

Supervisor Walton is pretty much dancing at the idea.

SF Chronicle:

Two bills authored by City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Supervisor Shamann Walton whose district includes Juuls corporate headquarters in the Dogpatch neighborhood are part of several actions the city wants to pursue to crack down on youth vaping in general, and Juul in particular.

Walton said the proposed legislation should also serve as a warning and statement to Juul that we dont want them in our city.

Juul is currently headquartered on city-owned property in Pier 70.

I dont eventually want to see them leave this city, he said. I would have liked for them to have been gone yesterday.

One bill that Walton plans to introduce at Tuesdays Board of Supervisors meeting would ban the sale and shipment of e-cigarettes to San Francisco stores and customer addresses until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration begins a vetting process known as a pre-market review, in which manufacturers must prove their products are appropriate for public health before selling them on the market.

The city already bans kid-friendly flavors like candy and fruit in tobacco products through Proposition E, which voters passed in 2018.