Washington has not enacted a permanent statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products, though the State Board of Health imposed a temporary flavored-vape ban in 2019. Tacoma defers to state and federal flavor rules.
Unlike California or several Massachusetts cities, Washington as of 2026 has no permanent statewide flavor ban on combustible tobacco or vapor products. The State Board of Health imposed a 120-day emergency ban on flavored vapor products in October 2019 during the EVALI outbreak; that order has expired. Federal FDA premarket review still bars most flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes other than tobacco and menthol. Menthol cigarettes remain legal pending FDA rulemaking. Tacoma has not enacted a separate local flavor ban and would face state preemption questions under RCW 70.345 if it tried, since vapor product regulation is largely state-level.
Selling federally non-compliant flavored cartridges can trigger FDA enforcement and LCB license action; complying with current state and federal rules avoids liability for Tacoma retailers.
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Tacoma allows residential lawn ornaments and yard art without permits provided they do not exceed the 15-foot accessory-structure height limit in TMC 13.06 a...
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Backyard wood and pellet smokers in Tacoma single-family yards are permitted but subject to Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) Regulation I, Section 9.11, ...
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Tacoma adopts the International Fire Code through TMC Title 3 (Fire Prevention) as Tacoma Fire Code. IFC Section 308.1.4 prohibits open-flame cooking devices...
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