(19 Jun 2019) San Francisco supervisors have voted unanimously to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes.
Supervisors on Tuesday approved a measure to stop 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.
They also supported a ban on manufacturing e-cigarettes on city property as they move to crack down on teen vaping.
Supervisor Shamann Walton says there was a battle against tobacco in the 1990s, and "now we see its new form in e-cigarettes."
Walton introduced the measures, and they will require another vote before becoming law.
Since 2014, e-cigarettes have been the most commonly used tobacco product among young people in the country.
Last year, according to a government survey, 1 in 5 U.S. high school students reported vaping in the previous month.
But small business owners say the ban will have a big impact on their livelihoods and will increase black market sales of e-cigarettes in the city.
They also claim teens are more likely to buy e-cigarettes online than in stores where they know they'll get carded.

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