According to Mr Stewart, nicotine is also linked to the development of cancer, something that science has not shown, according to Mr Hajek
Those who opposed the ban, many of whom said they owned businesses in Santa Cruz County, argued that the ordinance would push customers out of town, causing local businesses to lose money not only on tobacco products, but on the purchases that customers make alongside cigarettes or cigars
Wilson also believed that a devaluation would disproportionately harm low-income Britons with savings and poorer Commonwealth of Nations countries in the sterling area
They are intended to alleviate cigarette cravings, and the fact that they are constructed of birch wood or bamboo makes them fully organic
California has enacted one of the strictest flavored tobacco and vaping bans in the country, and enforcement tightened significantly at the start of 2026