Editorial: Why California should ban flavored tobacco Proposition 31 in California brought the "flavor ban" to protect minors from being marketed to and reduce the harm caused by flavor chemicals. Flavored e cigarettes and nicotine pouches are still being acquired Kids Less Likely to Use Unflavored Tobacco Products Penn LDI California banned sales of flavored e cigarettes in 2022 but a study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids