Charleston and West Virginia have not banned flavored tobacco or flavored vape products. Menthol cigarettes and flavored e-liquids remain legal for sale to adults 21 and over.
Unlike California, Massachusetts, and many coastal cities, Charleston and West Virginia have not enacted local or state flavored tobacco bans. Menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars, and flavored vape liquids remain legal for sale to adults 21 and over at licensed retailers. The federal FDA continues to evaluate flavor restrictions on specific vape products through its premarket review authority, but no comprehensive federal flavor ban applies. Charleston city council has not introduced a flavor ban, and West Virginia state law contains no flavor preemption provisions either way. Voluntary retailer policies vary, but legal flavored options remain widely available.
No local flavor ban applies. Retailers face no city or state penalty for selling flavored tobacco or vape products to legal-age buyers.
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