Davis, CA Tobacco & Vaping: Flavored Tobacco Bans (2026)

020 is where the city makes its own local amendments to that adopted text. Subsection (a) adds a new definition to Sec. 02 for 'Characterizing Flavor,' covering any taste or aroma other than tobacco itself imparted before or during use, expressly naming menthol, mint, wintergreen, fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb and spice flavors, while clarifying that additives or flavorings alone, or merely disclosing ingredients, does not automatically create a Characterizing Flavor. A companion definition for 'Flavored Tobacco Product' covers any tobacco product with a constituent imparting a characterizing flavor, whether from artificial or natural flavors or an herb or spice, naming menthol, strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry and coffee as examples.

These definitions do not stand alone as a sales ban; they plug into the same adopted county permit code, so a retailer's sale of a flavored product that falls outside the permit rules exposes the retailer to the same permit revocation ladder and civil penalties that apply to any other retailer permit violation under the adopted Sec. 14.