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

020 as any product that imparts a characterizing flavor such as menthol, mint, fruit, chocolate, or candy other than the taste of tobacco itself. 030(H)(1) to possess them with intent to sell, and separate rebuttable presumptions arise from a retailer's own public statements, packaging claims, or marketing that a product carries a flavor. Subsection (I) goes further than the flavor ban alone and prohibits the sale of electronic smoking devices entirely, covering e-cigarettes, e-cigars, vape pens, and e-hookahs and any liquid or cartridge sold with them.

A code reviser's note on the underlying ordinance records that enforcement of the flavor and e-cigarette sale bans was delayed until July 1, 2020 after the 30-day general effective date, but the prohibitions are now fully in force. 40 violations: a first offense is a logged warning, a second carries a $750 administrative penalty, and a third carries a $1,000 penalty plus a mandatory 7-day halt to sales, all enforced by the Dublin Chief of Police and prosecutable as an infraction or misdemeanor by the District Attorney where justice requires.