The San Diego City Council has voted to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco and vape products starting in 2023, reports kpbs.

The proposal put forward by Councilmember Marni von Wilpert exempts shisha, premium cigars, loose-leaf tobacco, unflavoured/tobacco flavoured e-cigarettes, and FDA-approved smoking cessation devices.
The delayed implementation is intended to give shop owners time to offload their stock and adjust their business plans. Supporters of the ban argue big tobacco companies have added candy-like flavours to their products to get youth addicted to nicotine so they become lifelong smokers and vapers.
Smoke and vape shop owners turned out in large numbers to oppose the ban. They said the ban would result in lost jobs and tax revenues, and that youth rarely get flavoured tobacco products from stationary shops.
According to the report, the council passed the measure 7-2. California lawmakers passed a statewide ban on the sale of flavoured tobacco products in 2020, but opponents gathered enough signatures to force the measure to pass a statewide referendum. That vote is scheduled for November.