"The San Francisco City Attorney's Office secured a roughly $3 million settlement on Friday with online tobacco retailers accused of breaking the city's 2017 flavored tobacco ban. According to the SF Standard, the nicotine companies were accused of going around the ban by selling their flavored products online. In a statement, City Attorney David Chiu said the online retailers - Rogue Holdings, Swisher International, and Northerner Scandinavia - "are not above our San Francisco laws and cannot ship banned products into our city.""
"He added, "We take protecting our community's health seriously, and selling these products will not be tolerated." Along with the $3 million check, the companies will also be required to post language on their website, making visitors aware that flavored products are banned in San Francisco."
San Francisco obtained a roughly $3 million settlement from online tobacco retailers accused of violating the city's 2017 flavored tobacco ban. Rogue Holdings, Swisher International, and Northerner Scandinavia were accused of circumventing the ban by selling flavored nicotine products online and shipping them into San Francisco. The settlement requires payment and mandates that the companies post website language informing visitors that flavored products are banned in San Francisco. City Attorney David Chiu stated that the retailers are not above city laws and framed enforcement as protecting community health.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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