California Lawmakers OK Ban Of Most Flavored Tobacco KPBS Public Media Online vape retailers ignore rules protecting minors, study finds Los Angeles Times More Communities Are Giving Flavored Tobacco the Boot. Will California Follow? California Healthline Proposition 31 in California brought the "flavor ban" to protect minors from being marketed to and reduce the harm caused by flavor chemicals. Flavored e cigarettes and nicotine pouches are still being acquired Strong, but not weak, bans on the sale of flavored tobacco reduce availability of these products Stanton Glantz blog Video shows CA teen offered flavored tobacco product, drawing attention to loophole in ban