On Nov. 9, just a day after voters approved Proposition 31, the law was challenged in federal court by R.J. Reynolds and others.
With over 40 percent of votes counted, California voters appear to be on the way to overwhelmingly approve Proposition 31, which bans sale in stores of vaping and tobacco products containing non-tobacco flavors. So far, 62 percent of voters have supported the flavor ban.
Financial support for the ballot initiative came almost exclusively from billionaire anti-vaping activist Michael Bloomberg.
Prop 31 allowed voting residents to approve or reject a bill passed in 2020 by a huge majority of the California Assembly. The law was put on hold for two years after tobacco companies bankrolled a signature-collection campaign to put the legislation to the voters.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360 – 2022-11-09.
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