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After the tobacco industry forced the policy to a referendum vote, in November 2022, California voters upheld ban over 63% of the vote, and the policy has since withstood all other industry challenges and was implemented in December 2022

however, they are subject to retail licensing

However, new research indicates that raising tobacco retail licensing fees may also have the added benefit of reducing the number of tobacco retailers

"Sound the Alarm: Youth Vaping Can Harm" (PDF)

"The full health impacts of these so-called 'safer alternatives' to traditional cigarettes is unknown thats a fact." E-cigarette company Juul, which is based in San Francisco, frames vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco