Officials hope a new law will help keep popular, dangerous products out of kids’ hands.
Tobacco products
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Op-ed: Tobacco, smoking costs Berkeley in more ways than one
Tobacco’s deleterious effects are not confined to smokers, vapers, or second- and third-hand exposure. Tobacco waste devastates our environment as well. Every year over 5 trillion cigarettes are sold globally, with 360 billion cigarettes sold in the United States alone.[1] In 2012, the cost of smoking in California was $6.5 billion, including nearly $20 million in […]
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Berkeley looks to limit electronic and flavored cigarettes
Local merchants came out Tuesday night to ask council to reconsider proposed legislation to limit tobacco sales. Photo: Emilie Raguso After hearing emotional pleas from many local retailers, the Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday night to limit the scope of proposed legislation regarding nicotine product sales, at least for now. Council voted 8-1 in favor […]
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Council to consider broad limits on tobacco sales
The Berkeley City Council is taking steps to prevent youth exposure to nicotine, including menthol and flavored cigarettes. Photo: Lindsay Fox Update, May 13: Council approved a pared-down proposal Tuesday night focused on electronic and flavored cigarettes. See the Berkeleyside update. Original story, May 12: The Berkeley City Council is set to adopt, on first reading, a […]
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Berkeley tackles kid-tempting tobacco products
A menthol-flavored electronic cigarette. Berkeley City Council is taking steps to prevent youth being exposed to menthol and flavored cigarettes, and is looking into e-cigarettes. Photo: Lindsay Fox The Berkeley City Council has taken steps to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products within 500 feet of schools, including menthol cigarettes, popular as a sweet-smoke […]
