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Notably, San Francisco banned menthol cigarettes along with all flavored tobacco products in 2018, before banning all vapes and e-cigarettes earlier this year

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Public health officials and anti-smoking advocates place the blame squarely on the marketing of vaping products that appeal to kids including e-liquids with fruit, bubble gum or even cotton-candy flavors and packaging that features superhero or cartoon characters

In a recent opinion piece published in The BMJ, the author wrote that smoking is experiencing a "pop-culture revival" that is an "unwelcome throw-back for public health." "This normalization of smoking risks is re-igniting a harmful cultural association between cigarettes and coolness, to which young people are particularly vulnerable," the article says