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Tobacco & Vaping in California (2026)

99 rules on the books across California, 83 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

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Tobacco Age Restrictions

Statewide minimum age (T21) for buying tobacco and vape products, ID checks, and clerk training requirements.

California: statewide

StatewideHeavy Restrictions

California prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions…

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Fresno

Heavy Restrictions

California Senate Bill 7 (Business and Professions Code §22963) bans tobacco and vape sales to anyone under 21 in…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

California Business and Professions Code 22963 makes it illegal for any Anaheim retailer to sell or furnish tobacco…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Los Angeles requires all tobacco retailers and wholesale distributors to verify by government-issued photo ID that…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

California raised the legal tobacco purchase age to 21 ahead of the federal change, and Bakersfield retailers must…

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Los Angeles County

Some Restrictions

Federal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar LA County…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

California Tobacco 21 law and federal law bar tobacco sales to anyone under 21. Moorpark retailers must check ID for…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

California law sets the minimum age to purchase or possess tobacco and vape products at 21, and Riverside retailers…

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San Diego

Some Restrictions

Federal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar San Diego…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

California Business and Professions Code 22958 sets the legal age to buy tobacco, vape, and nicotine products at 21…

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Santa Clara County

Some Restrictions

Federal Tobacco 21 (Public Law 116-94) and California Business and Professions Code section 22963 bar Santa Clara…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

California raised the legal sales age for tobacco and vape products to 21 statewide, and Stockton retailers must verify…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

California SB 7 and federal Tobacco 21 law prohibit Thousand Oaks tobacco retailers from selling cigarettes, vapes, and…

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Twain Harte

Some Restrictions

California law sets the minimum tobacco purchase age at 21, and Tuolumne County retailers face stings and license…

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Riverside County

Light Restrictions

California Senate Bill 7 raised the minimum sales age for tobacco and vape products to 21, ahead of federal Tobacco 21…

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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 Restrictions

California bans retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide under Health and Safety Code 104559.5, enacted…

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Alameda

Heavy Restrictions

Alameda bars every tobacco retailer from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored…

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Alameda County

Heavy Restrictions

Alameda County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product by tobacco retailers in the…

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Alhambra

Heavy Restrictions

Alhambra has banned the sale of flavored tobacco products, including flavored vape liquid, citywide since July 1, 2022…

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Antioch

Heavy Restrictions

Antioch Municipal Code § 6-8.14 flatly bars every tobacco retailer from selling or giving away any flavored tobacco…

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Baldwin Park

Heavy Restrictions

Baldwin Park bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, mint, fruit and…

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Berkeley

Heavy Restrictions

California SB 793, ratified by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans most flavored tobacco product sales statewide…

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Brentwood

Heavy Restrictions

Brentwood bans the sale of flavored tobacco products outright, and separately bans the sale of electronic smoking…

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Buena Park

Heavy Restrictions

Buena Park bans selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars, and flavored…

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Carson

Heavy Restrictions

Carson bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide, covering menthol, fruit, candy, and other characterizing…

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Ceres

Heavy Restrictions

Ceres prohibits selling, giving away, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product anywhere in the…

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Chula Vista

Heavy Restrictions

Since January 1, 2023, Chula Vista bans selling or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product, from…

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Clovis

Heavy Restrictions

Selling flavored tobacco, e-cigarette flavor enhancers, or flavored shisha, cigars, and loose-leaf tobacco in Clovis…

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Compton

Heavy Restrictions

Compton bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes citywide under Municipal Code § 7-23A.8…

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Contra Costa County

Heavy Restrictions

No store in unincorporated Contra Costa County may sell flavored tobacco products or menthol cigarettes to anyone, a…

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Cupertino

Heavy Restrictions

Cupertino Municipal Code Section 5.50.030 makes it unlawful for any Tobacco Retailer to sell a tobacco product with a…

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Dublin

Heavy Restrictions

Dublin, Alameda County, bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, and separately bars retailers from…

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El Monte

Heavy Restrictions

El Monte bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol and flavored vape liquid, under Municipal…

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Fremont

Heavy Restrictions

Fremont Municipal Code 8.75.120 bans any tobacco retailer, or its agents and employees, from selling, offering for…

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Garden Grove

Heavy Restrictions

Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 6.44.020(E) bans selling, offering, or displaying any flavored tobacco product or…

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Glendale

Heavy Restrictions

Glendale bans selling or possessing for sale any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes and fruit- or…

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Hayward

Heavy Restrictions

Hayward bans the sale of flavored tobacco outright: Municipal Code Section 10-1.2783(c) makes it a violation for any…

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Hesperia

Heavy Restrictions

Hesperia bans retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including flavored e-cigarettes and menthol…

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Irvine

Heavy Restrictions

Irvine Chapter 6 prohibits the sale, offer for sale, and use of any flavored tobacco product citywide, including fruit…

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Lake County

Heavy Restrictions

Lake County bans the retail sale of any flavored tobacco product, including flavored vape liquid and menthol…

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Livermore

Heavy Restrictions

Livermore bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, electronic smoking device, or e-cigarette fluid citywide under…

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Los Angeles County

Heavy Restrictions

Los Angeles County prohibits tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, mint…

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Marin County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Marin County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, including menthol cigarettes…

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Mendocino County

Heavy Restrictions

Mendocino County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, under…

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Modesto

Heavy Restrictions

Licensed Smoke Shops in Modesto may not sell flavored tobacco products, defined by reference to California Health and…

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Monterey

Heavy Restrictions

Monterey bans selling flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers under City Code § 7-2.08(b), and the ban expressly…

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Monterey County

Heavy Restrictions

Monterey County bans licensed tobacco retailers in the unincorporated area from selling flavored tobacco products…

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Newport Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Newport Beach outlaws selling, advertising, offering for sale, or distributing any flavored tobacco product anywhere in…

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Ontario

Heavy Restrictions

Ontario Municipal Code Chapter 34 bans selling, displaying, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored tobacco…

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Orange

Heavy Restrictions

Orange tobacco retailers cannot sell, display or give away flavored tobacco products or tobacco flavor enhancers, and…

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Oxnard

Heavy Restrictions

Oxnard bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright, including flavored vape liquids, menthol, and flavored…

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Pacifica

Heavy Restrictions

In the City of Pacifica, no tobacco retailer, distributor, or other business may sell, offer for sale, or distribute…

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Palmdale

Heavy Restrictions

Palmdale bans the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products outright. Municipal Code Section 5.04.480(H)(4) makes…

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Petaluma

Heavy Restrictions

Petaluma bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide, and separately bans the sale of any electronic smoking…

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Pleasanton

Heavy Restrictions

Pleasanton bans the retail sale of flavored tobacco products and electronic smoking devices citywide under Municipal…

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Rancho Cordova

Heavy Restrictions

Rancho Cordova bars every licensed tobacco retailer from selling, possessing for sale, or distributing any flavored…

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Redding

Heavy Restrictions

Redding bans the retail sale of all flavored tobacco products citywide under Municipal Code Section 6.13.040(J)…

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Redondo Beach

Heavy Restrictions

Redondo Beach bars tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product or flavored e-cigarette liquid, naming…

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Riverside County

Heavy Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the sale of flavored tobacco products statewide…

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Sacramento County

Heavy Restrictions

Selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol, fruit, or candy-flavored vapes, is a license violation for…

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San Benito County

Heavy Restrictions

San Benito County bans tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including menthol and vape flavors…

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San Bernardino County

Heavy Restrictions

California SB 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and flavor…

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San Diego

Heavy Restrictions

San Diego bans the sale or distribution of flavored tobacco products citywide, including flavored e-cigarette liquid…

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San Diego County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated San Diego County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product or flavor…

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San Francisco

Heavy Restrictions

San Francisco bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, at every…

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San Joaquin County

Heavy Restrictions

San Joaquin County Code § 7-1414 makes it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or possess with the intent to sell any…

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San Jose

Heavy Restrictions

San Jose bans retail sale of flavored tobacco and vape products, including menthol, with narrow carve-outs for shisha…

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San Leandro

Heavy Restrictions

San Leandro bars every tobacco retailer from selling, offering for sale, or possessing with intent to sell any flavored…

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San Mateo County

Heavy Restrictions

Under Ordinance Code Section 4.98.160(c), no tobacco retailer in San Mateo County's permit program may sell or offer…

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San Rafael

Heavy Restrictions

San Rafael bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol, mint, fruit, and candy flavors…

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Santa Barbara County

Heavy Restrictions

Licensed tobacco retailers in unincorporated Santa Barbara County cannot sell any flavored tobacco product at all…

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Santa Clara County

Heavy Restrictions

Retailers in unincorporated Santa Clara County can't sell any tobacco product with a characterizing flavor other than…

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Santa Cruz County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County bans the sale or possession-for-sale of any flavored tobacco product, including…

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Santa Maria

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Maria prohibits tobacco retailers from selling or possessing with intent to sell any Flavored Tobacco Product…

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Santa Rosa

Heavy Restrictions

Santa Rosa bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including menthol cigarettes, flavored vape liquid, and…

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Sonoma County

Heavy Restrictions

Sonoma County bans retail sale of any flavored tobacco product, plus all electronic smoking devices, at tobacco…

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Sunnyvale

Heavy Restrictions

Sunnyvale bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product citywide. Municipal Code Section 9.28.070(e) makes it unlawful…

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Temecula

Heavy Restrictions

Temecula tobacco shops cannot sell, offer, or even store flavored tobacco products or flavor enhancers, including…

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Twain Harte

Heavy Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793 bans retail sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol and flavored vapes…

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Union City

Heavy Restrictions

Union City bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product, including flavored vape liquid and menthol, by every licensed…

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Vallejo

Heavy Restrictions

Vallejo bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product outright under Section 5.10.030, covering menthol, fruit, candy…

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Ventura

Heavy Restrictions

San Buenaventura Municipal Code Section 8.350.040(D) bars every tobacco retailer in the city from selling, delivering…

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Ventura County

Heavy Restrictions

Under Ventura County Ordinance Code § 6834, no person or flavored vaping products retailer, including their agents and…

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Victorville

Heavy Restrictions

Victorville bans the sale of flavored tobacco and "presumptive flavored tobacco products" at every licensed tobacco…

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West Sacramento

Heavy Restrictions

West Sacramento bars permitted tobacco retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, with a rebuttable…

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Yolo County

Heavy Restrictions

Yolo County bans the sale of any flavored tobacco product at licensed retailers in the unincorporated area. Section…

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Anaheim

Significant Restrictions

California SB 793 upheld by Proposition 31 bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Anaheim including menthol…

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Los Angeles

Significant Restrictions

Los Angeles prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or possession with intent to sell any flavored tobacco product…

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Sacramento

Significant Restrictions

Sacramento City Code Chapter 5.150 banned the sale of flavored tobacco products (including menthol cigarettes and…

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Sonoma

Significant Restrictions

The City of Sonoma bars licensed tobacco retailers from selling flavored tobacco, including fruit, dessert and spice…

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Bakersfield

Some Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793, upheld by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the sale of most flavored tobacco products…

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Davis

Some Restrictions

Davis Municipal Code § 34.06.020 amends the adopted Yolo County tobacco retailer permit code to add local definitions…

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Fresno

Some Restrictions

California SB 793, upheld by 2022 voter referendum Proposition 31, bans the sale of most flavored tobacco products…

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Long Beach

Some Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793, upheld by voters as Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco…

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Moorpark

Some Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793 bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide, including menthol…

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Riverside

Some Restrictions

Senate Bill 793, upheld by Proposition 31 in 2022, bans the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products and tobacco…

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Santa Ana

Some Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793 prohibits Santa Ana retailers from selling most flavored tobacco products including menthol…

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Stockton

Some Restrictions

California Senate Bill 793 prohibits the retail sale of most flavored tobacco products statewide, including menthol…

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Thousand Oaks

Some Restrictions

California AB 793, upheld by 2022 voter referendum Prop 31, bans most flavored tobacco product sales statewide…

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