By Michael Nedelman, CNN
Updated 6:34 PM ET, Tue June 25, 2019
(CNN)San
Francisco will become the first US city to effectively ban e-cigarette
sales, after the city's board of supervisors unanimously voted in favor
of an ordinance Tuesday.
The
ordinance says "no person shall sell or distribute an electronic
cigarette to a person in San Francisco" unless that product has
undergone premarket review by the US Food and Drug Administration. To
date, none have.
This
includes sales in brick-and-mortar stores, as well as online sales
shipped to a San Francisco address. The ordinance also applies to
flavored tobacco products in addition to e-cigarettes. The measure does
not ban the use of vapes among people 21 and older.
"This
is a decisive step to help prevent another generation of San Francisco
children from becoming addicted to nicotine," said City Attorney Dennis
Herrera in a statement, following the vote.
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