Denver City Council Moves Forward On Flavored Tobacco, Vape Juice Ban

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DENVER (CBS4)- The Denver City Council has voted to move forward on a new initiative that would ban flavored tobacco and vape juices. There is still a final vote that includes the full council.

An illustration shows a man exhaling smoke from an electronic cigarette in Washington, DC on October 2, 2018. (credit: EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images)

A safety committee postponed the vote last month. The ban is aimed at reducing youth tobacco use.

If passed, it would ban the sale of flavored vaping products, hookah, chewing tobacco and menthol cigarettes.