While they grandstand on banning menthol cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping liquids and some other tobacco products, problems like addressing homelessness, affordable housing and traffic get kicked down the road.
Make Your Voice Heard
The politicians on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors just don’t seem to get it.
Get involved today to help overturn the ban
Let’s be real! Bans and prohibitions just don’t work…not in the 1920s, not during the failed War on Drugs, and not today.
A Flawed Plan
The Board of Supervisor’s effort to ban some tobacco products will push sales to the underground economy, creating unwanted problems. And those willing to deal out of the back of a car won’t hesitate selling to kids.
The ban also won’t stop people from going to Daly City and other neighboring communities to purchase the tobacco products they want. This plan just hurts local mom and pop retailers.
The California Legislature recently increased the age to purchase tobacco to 21 years old. The effective way to keep tobacco out of the hands of kids is to crack down hard on anyone who sells to minors, and make sure that only licensed, legitimate retailers who check ID every time are allowed to sell tobacco.
Make Your Voice Heard
Support San Francisco’s long-standing spirit of not restricting freedom of choice by telling responsible adults what they can and cannot do.
A coalition of adult consumers, neighborhood retailers and advocates for free choice has launched a referendum on the Board of Supervisor’s flawed tobacco ban so voters can decide.
Get involved today to help overturn the ban.
Paid for by Let’s Be Real San Francisco, A Coalition of Concerned Citizens Supporting Freedom of Choice, Adult Consumers, Community Leaders, and Neighborhood Small Businesses with Major Funding by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org.