Temecula, CA Tobacco & Vaping: Flavored Tobacco Bans (2026)
Key Facts
- What's banned
- Sale, offer, storage of flavored tobacco/enhancers
- Online orders
- Pickup and delivery sales included in ban
- Governing state definition
- Health & Safety Code § 104559.5
- Violation tier
- Level 2 (3 in 12 months revokes permit)
- Inspections
- Up to twice yearly by police department
Summary
Temecula tobacco shops cannot sell, offer, or even store flavored tobacco products or flavor enhancers, including online pickup and delivery orders. A single violation is a Level 2 offense that counts toward permit revocation.
A tobacco shop, or any of the tobacco shop's agents or employees, shall not sell, offer for sale, or possess with the intent to sell or offer for sale, a flavored tobacco product or a tobacco product flavor enhancer as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 104559.5. This includes the storage, and/or online sales to include pickup or delivery services of flavored tobacco products.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4862229; v11 updated 2026-04-14).
Full Breakdown
5," and extends the ban to storage and to online sales fulfilled by pickup or delivery. , must bar entry to anyone under 18, and cannot let customers use on-site restrooms. 120 violation table, the flavor-sale ban is a Level 2 violation, meaning any single instance does not immediately pull the tobacco shop permit (TSP), but three Level 2 violations within a 12-month period are grounds for the chief of police to revoke it. The chief of police may inspect a tobacco shop up to twice a year, and additional inspections can follow a complaint.
This is a distinct, tighter local rule layered on top of, not a substitute for, the shop's separate state tobacco retailer license and city tobacco retailer license, both of which remain mandatory regardless of flavor compliance.
Violations & Fines
Selling, offering, or storing flavored tobacco product or flavor enhancer at a Temecula tobacco shop, including through online pickup or delivery, is a Level 2 violation under Section 5.24.120(E)(2)(m). Three Level 2 violations within any 12-month period are grounds for the chief of police to revoke the tobacco shop permit; inspections occur up to twice yearly plus after any complaint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Temecula's flavored tobacco ban apply to all stores that sell cigarettes?
Can a Temecula tobacco shop store flavored vape liquid in a back room even if it isn't sold?
What happens the first time a Temecula tobacco shop is caught selling a flavored vape?
Sources & Official References
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