Official:Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," to add a new Section 9-637, entitled "Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products," prohibiting offering for sale and selling certain tobacco products other than cigarettes with characterizing flavors and fixing penalties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Jones
Introduced: May 10, 2018
Signed: December 5, 2019
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill bans the sale of flavored tobacco products in Philadelphia, except for cigarettes, to reduce youth smoking and nicotine addiction.
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