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Jon-Patrick Allem, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rutgers University

California banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022 − but a new study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids

The state's Senate Bill 793 was supposed to stop the sale of most flavored tobacco products to adolescents. Aleksandr Yu/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Californians – including minors – are still able to buy flavored electronic cigarettes online, even after the state’s much-publicized ban went into effect. That’s the key finding of my team’s new study, published in JAMA Network Open.

On Dec. 21, 2022, California enacted Senate Bill 793, which prohibited the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people of all ages. Hookahs, premium cigars and loose-leaf tobacco were exempted from the legislation.

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