"While the products evolve, the strategy is the same: targeting young people to be their next generation of consumers using bright colors and sweet flavors," said Fahad Qurashi, chief program officer of the Bay Area-based Youth Leadership Institute.
"This is why we want to make it very clear that we will enforce these laws against online retailers to stop their sales into San Francisco," Chiu said. "We think that is key to protecting our next generation from these dangerous products."
San Francisco has a history of being at the forefront of flavored tobacco prohibition. In 2019, the city became the first in the nation to ban all flavored tobacco products from store shelves, including the formerly popular Juul vape, as well as conventional menthol cigarettes.
Following the citywide ban and lawsuit, vaping among youth in the city declined. By 2022, less than 6% of high school students were vaping regularly, the survey found.
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