Tobacco & Vaping in California (2026)
99 rules on the books across California, 83 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Tobacco Age Restrictions
Statewide minimum age (T21) for buying tobacco and vape products, ID checks, and clerk training requirements.
California: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsCalifornia prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions…
Read full rule →Fresno
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 7 (Business and Professions Code §22963) bans tobacco and vape sales to anyone under 21 in…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Significant RestrictionsCalifornia Business and Professions Code 22963 makes it illegal for any Anaheim retailer to sell or furnish tobacco…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Significant RestrictionsLos Angeles requires all tobacco retailers and wholesale distributors to verify by government-issued photo ID that…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsCalifornia raised the legal tobacco purchase age to 21 ahead of the federal change, and Bakersfield retailers must…
Read full rule →Los Angeles County
Some RestrictionsFederal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar LA County…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Tobacco 21 law and federal law bar tobacco sales to anyone under 21. Moorpark retailers must check ID for…
Read full rule →Riverside
Some RestrictionsCalifornia law sets the minimum age to purchase or possess tobacco and vape products at 21, and Riverside retailers…
Read full rule →San Diego
Some RestrictionsFederal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar San Diego…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Business and Professions Code 22958 sets the legal age to buy tobacco, vape, and nicotine products at 21…
Read full rule →Santa Clara County
Some RestrictionsFederal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar Santa Clara…
Read full rule →Stockton
Some RestrictionsCalifornia raised the legal sales age for tobacco and vape products to 21 statewide, and Stockton retailers must verify…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsCalifornia SB 7 and federal Tobacco 21 law prohibit Thousand Oaks tobacco retailers from selling cigarettes, vapes, and…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsCalifornia law sets the minimum tobacco purchase age at 21, and Tuolumne County retailers face stings and license…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Light RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 7 raised the minimum sales age for tobacco and vape products to 21, ahead of federal Tobacco 21…
Read full rule →Flavored Tobacco Bans
Whether your state bans flavored tobacco or vape products statewide, what flavors are restricted, and how local flavor bans interact with state rules.
California: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsCalifornia bans retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide under Health and Safety Code 104559.5, enacted…
Read full rule →Alameda
Heavy RestrictionsAlameda bars every tobacco retailer from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored…
Read full rule →Alameda County
Heavy RestrictionsAlameda County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product by tobacco retailers in the…
Read full rule →Alhambra
Heavy RestrictionsAlhambra has banned the sale of flavored tobacco products, including flavored vape liquid, citywide since July 1, 2022…
Read full rule →Antioch
Heavy RestrictionsAntioch Municipal Code § 6-8.14 flatly bars every tobacco retailer from selling or giving away any flavored tobacco…
Read full rule →Baldwin Park
Heavy RestrictionsBaldwin Park bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, mint, fruit and…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia SB 793, ratified by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans most flavored tobacco product sales statewide…
Read full rule →Brentwood
Heavy RestrictionsBrentwood bans the sale of flavored tobacco products outright, and separately bans the sale of electronic smoking…
Read full rule →Buena Park
Heavy RestrictionsBuena Park bans selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars, and flavored…
Read full rule →Carson
Heavy RestrictionsCarson bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide, covering menthol, fruit, candy, and other characterizing…
Read full rule →Ceres
Heavy RestrictionsCeres prohibits selling, giving away, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product anywhere in the…
Read full rule →Chula Vista
Heavy RestrictionsSince January 1, 2023, Chula Vista bans selling or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product, from…
Read full rule →Clovis
Heavy RestrictionsSelling flavored tobacco, e-cigarette flavor enhancers, or flavored shisha, cigars, and loose-leaf tobacco in Clovis…
Read full rule →Compton
Heavy RestrictionsCompton bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes citywide under Municipal Code § 7-23A.8…
Read full rule →Contra Costa County
Heavy RestrictionsNo store in unincorporated Contra Costa County may sell flavored tobacco products or menthol cigarettes to anyone, a…
Read full rule →Cupertino
Heavy RestrictionsCupertino Municipal Code Section 5.50.030 makes it unlawful for any Tobacco Retailer to sell a tobacco product with a…
Read full rule →Dublin
Heavy RestrictionsDublin, Alameda County, bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, and separately bars retailers from…
Read full rule →El Monte
Heavy RestrictionsEl Monte bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol and flavored vape liquid, under Municipal…
Read full rule →Fremont
Heavy RestrictionsFremont Municipal Code 8.75.120 bans any tobacco retailer, or its agents and employees, from selling, offering for…
Read full rule →Garden Grove
Heavy RestrictionsGarden Grove Municipal Code Section 6.44.020(E) bans selling, offering, or displaying any flavored tobacco product or…
Read full rule →Glendale
Heavy RestrictionsGlendale bans selling or possessing for sale any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes and fruit- or…
Read full rule →Hayward
Heavy RestrictionsHayward bans the sale of flavored tobacco outright: Municipal Code Section 10-1.2783(c) makes it a violation for any…
Read full rule →Hesperia
Heavy RestrictionsHesperia bans retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including flavored e-cigarettes and menthol…
Read full rule →Irvine
Heavy RestrictionsIrvine Chapter 6 prohibits the sale, offer for sale, and use of any flavored tobacco product citywide, including fruit…
Read full rule →Lake County
Heavy RestrictionsLake County bans the retail sale of any flavored tobacco product, including flavored vape liquid and menthol…
Read full rule →Livermore
Heavy RestrictionsLivermore bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, electronic smoking device, or e-cigarette fluid citywide under…
Read full rule →Los Angeles County
Heavy RestrictionsLos Angeles County prohibits tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, mint…
Read full rule →Marin County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Marin County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, including menthol cigarettes…
Read full rule →Mendocino County
Heavy RestrictionsMendocino County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, under…
Read full rule →Modesto
Heavy RestrictionsLicensed Smoke Shops in Modesto may not sell flavored tobacco products, defined by reference to California Health and…
Read full rule →Monterey
Heavy RestrictionsMonterey bans selling flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers under City Code § 7-2.08(b), and the ban expressly…
Read full rule →Monterey County
Heavy RestrictionsMonterey County bans licensed tobacco retailers in the unincorporated area from selling flavored tobacco products…
Read full rule →Newport Beach
Heavy RestrictionsNewport Beach outlaws selling, advertising, offering for sale, or distributing any flavored tobacco product anywhere in…
Read full rule →Ontario
Heavy RestrictionsOntario Municipal Code Chapter 34 bans selling, displaying, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco…
Read full rule →Orange
Heavy RestrictionsOrange tobacco retailers cannot sell, display or give away flavored tobacco products or tobacco flavor enhancers, and…
Read full rule →Oxnard
Heavy RestrictionsOxnard bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, including flavored vape liquids, menthol, and flavored…
Read full rule →Pacifica
Heavy RestrictionsIn the City of Pacifica, no tobacco retailer, distributor, or other business may sell, offer for sale, or distribute…
Read full rule →Palmdale
Heavy RestrictionsPalmdale bans the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products outright. Municipal Code Section 5.04.480(H)(4) makes…
Read full rule →Petaluma
Heavy RestrictionsPetaluma bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide, and separately bans the sale of any electronic smoking…
Read full rule →Pleasanton
Heavy RestrictionsPleasanton bans the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and electronic smoking devices citywide under Municipal…
Read full rule →Rancho Cordova
Heavy RestrictionsRancho Cordova bars every licensed tobacco retailer from selling, possessing for sale, or distributing any flavored…
Read full rule →Redding
Heavy RestrictionsRedding bans the retail sale of all flavored tobacco products citywide under Municipal Code Section 6.13.040(J)…
Read full rule →Redondo Beach
Heavy RestrictionsRedondo Beach bars tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product or flavored e-cigarette liquid, naming…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the sale of flavored tobacco products statewide…
Read full rule →Sacramento County
Heavy RestrictionsSelling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, fruit, or candy-flavored vapes, is a license violation for…
Read full rule →San Benito County
Heavy RestrictionsSan Benito County bans tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol and vape flavors…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia SB 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and flavor…
Read full rule →San Diego
Heavy RestrictionsSan Diego bans the sale or distribution of flavored tobacco products citywide, including flavored e-cigarette liquid…
Read full rule →San Diego County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated San Diego County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product or flavor…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Heavy RestrictionsSan Francisco bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, at every…
Read full rule →San Joaquin County
Heavy RestrictionsSan Joaquin County Code § 7-1414 makes it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or possess with the intent to sell any…
Read full rule →San Jose
Heavy RestrictionsSan Jose bans retail sale of flavored tobacco and vape products, including menthol, with narrow carve-outs for shisha…
Read full rule →San Leandro
Heavy RestrictionsSan Leandro bars every tobacco retailer from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored…
Read full rule →San Mateo County
Heavy RestrictionsUnder Ordinance Code Section 4.98.160(c), no tobacco retailer in San Mateo County's permit program may sell or offer…
Read full rule →San Rafael
Heavy RestrictionsSan Rafael bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol, mint, fruit, and candy flavors…
Read full rule →Santa Barbara County
Heavy RestrictionsLicensed tobacco retailers in unincorporated Santa Barbara County cannot sell any flavored tobacco product at all…
Read full rule →Santa Clara County
Heavy RestrictionsRetailers in unincorporated Santa Clara County can't sell any tobacco product with a characterizing flavor other than…
Read full rule →Santa Cruz County
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Santa Cruz County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product, including…
Read full rule →Santa Maria
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Maria prohibits tobacco retailers from selling or possessing with intent to sell any Flavored Tobacco Product…
Read full rule →Santa Rosa
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Rosa bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes, flavored vape liquid, and…
Read full rule →Sonoma County
Heavy RestrictionsSonoma County bans retail sale of any flavored tobacco product, plus all electronic smoking devices, at tobacco…
Read full rule →Sunnyvale
Heavy RestrictionsSunnyvale bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide. Municipal Code Section 9.28.070(e) makes it unlawful…
Read full rule →Temecula
Heavy RestrictionsTemecula tobacco shops cannot sell, offer, or even store flavored tobacco products or flavor enhancers, including…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Heavy RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793 bans retail sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol and flavored vapes…
Read full rule →Union City
Heavy RestrictionsUnion City bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including flavored vape liquid and menthol, by every licensed…
Read full rule →Vallejo
Heavy RestrictionsVallejo bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright under Section 5.10.030, covering menthol, fruit, candy…
Read full rule →Ventura
Heavy RestrictionsSan Buenaventura Municipal Code Section 8.350.040(D) bars every tobacco retailer in the city from selling, delivering…
Read full rule →Ventura County
Heavy RestrictionsUnder Ventura County Ordinance Code § 6834, no person or flavored vaping products retailer, including their agents and…
Read full rule →Victorville
Heavy RestrictionsVictorville bans the sale of flavored tobacco and "presumptive flavored tobacco products" at every licensed tobacco…
Read full rule →West Sacramento
Heavy RestrictionsWest Sacramento bars permitted tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, with a rebuttable…
Read full rule →Yolo County
Heavy RestrictionsYolo County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product at licensed retailers in the unincorporated area. Section…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Significant RestrictionsCalifornia SB 793 upheld by Proposition 31 bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Anaheim including menthol…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Significant RestrictionsLos Angeles prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or possession with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Significant RestrictionsSacramento City Code Chapter 5.150 banned the sale of flavored tobacco products (including menthol cigarettes and…
Read full rule →Sonoma
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Sonoma bars licensed tobacco retailers from selling flavored tobacco, including fruit, dessert and spice…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793, upheld by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the sale of most flavored tobacco products…
Read full rule →Davis
Some RestrictionsDavis Municipal Code § 34.06.020 amends the adopted Yolo County tobacco retailer permit code to add local definitions…
Read full rule →Fresno
Some RestrictionsCalifornia SB 793, upheld by 2022 voter referendum Proposition 31, bans the sale of most flavored tobacco products…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793, upheld by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793 bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide, including menthol…
Read full rule →Riverside
Some RestrictionsSenate Bill 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and tobacco…
Read full rule →Santa Ana
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793 prohibits Santa Ana retailers from selling most flavored tobacco products including menthol…
Read full rule →Stockton
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Senate Bill 793 prohibits the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide, including menthol…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsCalifornia AB 793, upheld by 2022 voter referendum Prop 31, bans most flavored tobacco product sales statewide…
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