Hesperia, CA Tobacco & Vaping: Flavored Tobacco Bans (2026)
Key Facts
- Covers
- Menthol, flavored e-cigarettes, flavor enhancers
- Premium cigar exemption
- $12+ wholesale price
- Shisha exception
- 21+ licensed shops only
- Enforced via
- City tobacco retailer license
Summary
Hesperia bans retailers from selling any flavored tobacco product, including flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes, with narrow exceptions for premium cigars and loose-leaf pipe tobacco.
It shall be unlawful for any tobacco retailer to sell any flavored tobacco product, including flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes, as well as tobacco product flavor enhancers. This does not apply to flavored premium cigars with a wholesale price of twelve dollars ($12.00) or more and flavored loose-leaf pipe tobacco. Flavored shisha/hookah tobacco may only be sold in licensed stores that only allow people twenty-one (21) or older on the premises at any time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 24 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Under HMC § 5.80.020(D), no licensed tobacco retailer in Hesperia may sell a flavored tobacco product, defined as any product with a distinguishable taste or aroma other than tobacco, covering menthol cigarettes, flavored e-cigarettes and vape liquid, and tobacco product flavor enhancers. The ban exempts flavored premium cigars priced at $12 or more wholesale and flavored loose-leaf pipe tobacco. Flavored shisha/hookah tobacco may still be sold, but only inside licensed shops that restrict entry to customers age 21 and older at all times.
Violations & Fines
Selling a banned flavored product violates the tobacco retailer's license terms and can trigger license suspension, revocation, or denial of renewal under Chapter 5.80's enforcement provisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Hesperia store still sell menthol cigarettes?
Are flavored cigars completely banned?
Sources & Official References
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