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Back in 2020, the state of California passed a measure to end the sale of flavored tobacco products. In November voters went to the polls to uphold it. Now, that ban goes into effect.

On November 8, 2022, California voters approved Referendum on 2020 Law That Would Prohibit the Retail Sale of Certain Flavored Tobacco Products Proposition 31. The referendum, submitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of Article II of California Constitution.

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Voters will have the final say Tuesday on whether the sale of most flavored tobacco products will be banned in California.

Californians will decide Nov. 8 whether to reaffirm a statewide ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. But the measure, known as Proposition 31, exempts hookah tobacco. Here are arguments from anti-smoking activists and hookah supporters.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 8, California voters are being asked to decide seven statewide ballot measures, called propositions. Here is a breakdown of what they cover.

California voters will decide on a statewide ban on flavored tobacco this November. Prop. 31 is a referendum on a 2020 law that bans the sale of most flavored tobacco products.

The committee supporting California's Proposition 31 — a measure that would ban in-person sales of flavored tobacco products — has received the overwhelming majority of its funds from billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and 2020 presidential candidate, according to campaign finance records.