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Berkeley Bans Sale of E-Cigarettes and Flavored Tobacco Near Parks, Schools
Berkeley is moving ahead to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products within 1,000 feet of parks or schools. But after hearing from numerous business owners Tuesday night who said...
View ArticleState Lawmakers Mull E-cig Rules as New Study Suggests Link to Tobacco Use
The state Legislature will reconsider a bill Wednesday that would regulate e-cigarettes the same as tobacco, one day after a new study was released that shows 14-year-olds who’ve tried e-cigarettes are...
View ArticleSan Francisco Considers Banning Tobacco Sales to Those Under 21
Supervisors Scott Wiener, Eric Mar and Malia Cohen plan to introduce legislation Tuesday that would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. The American Heart...
View ArticleSan Francisco Supervisors Raise Tobacco Age to 21
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to raise the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21, joining more than 120 cities across the country, including New York and Boston,...
View ArticleVideos: New Anti-Tobacco Ads Target Calif. Ethnic Groups
Daggers fly at an Asian man holding a cigarette. A Hispanic smoking father discovers that his child has asthma. An African American woman laments the absence of her deceased father, a smoker, at her...
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SF Supes Give Initial Approval to Smoking Ban at Some Street Fairs, Festivals
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave unanimous initial approval on Tuesday to two pieces of legislation addressing smoking in the city. shira gal/Flickr The first item will...
View ArticleA Guide to California’s Proposed Ban on Smoking in Apartments
It’s move-in day. You’re sitting in the great new condo you just bought. And suddenly you catch a whiff of cigarettes coming from next door. If you’re a healthy-living type, your home-buyer happiness...
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Berkeley Passes Residential Smoking Ban — and Takes Steps to Enforce It
By Emilie Raguso Berkeleyside Berkeley residents who live in buildings with more than one unit will not be allowed to smoke inside beginning in May 2014. (Damian Kennedy/Berkeleyside) Smoking...
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San Francisco Approves E-Cigarette Regulations
By Mina Kim and Lisa Pickoff-White Julia Boyle enjoys an electronic cigarette at the Vapor Shark store. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)) Update March 19: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously...
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Mike Honda, Ro Khanna Face Off Ahead of June Primary
A capacity crowd listens intently to Rep. Mike Honda, Ro Khanna and Joel Vanlandingham at the Fremont City Council chambers on Saturday. (Rachael Myrow/KQED) Roughly 300 people showed up at Fremont...
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Next Up for Honda, Khanna — Round 2 of Congressional Tussle
Rep. Mike Honda, Ro Khanna, Vanila Singh and Joel Vanlandingham squared off for two spots on the ballot in the November election. (Mark Wilson/Getty and Courtesy photos) Live results for this race...
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Jerry Brown Endorses Mike Honda Over Ro Khanna
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Mike Honda has landed a big-fish endorsement in his race against upstart challenger Ro Khanna: Gov. Jerry Brown. The incumbent congressman, representing a...
View ArticleMike Honda and Ro Khanna Will Finally Debate on Monday Night
I’m just going to pretend you will not, for the most part, be glued to sports on TV this evening — playoff baseball or Monday Night Football. That’s because there will also be plenty of action in the...
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Thrust and Parry: Ro Khanna and Mike Honda in Vigorous Debate
It wasn’t Monday Night Football or the baseball playoffs, but there were plenty of hits in Monday night’s 75-minute debate between longtime Democratic Congressman Mike Honda and his Democratic...
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Honda, Khanna Hustle for Votes in Fight for South Bay House Seat
It’s crunch time in the 17th Congressional District. Longtime incumbent Mike Honda is battling to keep his House seat against another Democrat, Ro Khanna. They’re both using an army of volunteers to...
View ArticleRo Khanna Concedes to Mike Honda
Update, 6 p.m. Friday: Ro Khanna concedes and wishes Mike Honda well as he returns to Washington. “In a time when it is easy to be cynical about politics,” Khanna told reporters and supporters in...
View Article2016 Chess Moves: California Politics Podcast
Political campaigns, especially those involving ballot initiatives in California, are often like a big chess board. You need to think about not just the move you’re making now, but about what moves you...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Back Tobacco Tax Hike, Poll Shows
Fully two-thirds of California voters support a significant increase in tobacco taxes — $2 a pack — according to a statewide Field Poll released Wednesday. California currently ranks 35th in the...
View ArticleFocus on Khanna, Not Honda, During First Face-To-Face Forum
After months of scathing campaign attacks, San Jose Rep. Mike Honda and Democratic rival Ro Khanna played relatively nice Friday during the first, and likely only, taped candidate forum before the June...
View ArticleUCSF Study: Smokers Quit and Health Care Costs Drop — in Next Year
When smoking rates decline, health care spending declines, too, and fast. An analysis from researchers at UC San Francisco finds that if 10 percent of smokers nationwide quit, it would save a whopping...
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Would California’s Proposed Tobacco Tax Hike Reduce Smoking? Just Ask New...
Each time New York increased its tobacco tax — now at $4.35 a pack — calls to the state’s Quitline spiked. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg raised the tax even more. “I was so angry with him,...
View ArticleS.F. Looks to Ban All Flavored Tobacco Products
A proposed ordinance would ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products in San Francisco. “Flavored tobacco products are widely considered to be starter products because they taste good, they mask the...
View ArticleSan Francisco to Ban Sales of Vaping Flavored Liquid
San Francisco city supervisors unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that bans the sale of flavored nicotine-laced liquid used in electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco products — with city...
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San Francisco Passes First-in-the-Nation Flavored Tobacco, Vaping Ban
Update June 6, 2018: San Francisco appears on its way to becoming the first city in the nation to ban all flavored tobacco products from all store shelves. Measure E is passing in a sweeping victory...
View ArticleCalifornia Youth Are Failing to Recognize Dangers of Juul E-Cigarettes
Young adults and teens who smoke Juul brand e-cigarettes are blissfully unaware of the health risks associated with the popular vape kit, according to a new study out of Stanford. Younger users fail to...
View ArticleTobacco Giant Buys 35 Percent Stake in Juul
Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is spending nearly $13 billion to buy a huge stake in the vape company Juul as cigarette use continues to decline. The Marlboro maker said Thursday...
View ArticleLafayette to Vote on Banning Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products
Lafayette could become the next California city to put a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products in hopes of curbing their use among young people. The city council is expected to vote Monday night...
View ArticleTen Out of Ten Vape Spokesmen Agree
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of vapes made by companies like San Francisco-based Juul Labs. Between the supervisors’ vote and a...
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Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What’s Up With That?
When is it wrong to show cigarette smoking on television, but OK to depict people smoking cannabis products, particularly in programming popular among young teenagers? Netflix recently announced it...
View ArticleVaping to Death
One day after the FDA slammed Juul for illegally touting its products as safer than cigarettes, California health officials said they identified 62 potential cases of severe lung disease linked to...
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