Redondo bans flavored tobacco, public smoking
Redondo Tobacco and Cigars, near Aviation Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard, will be required to comply with new tobacco retailer laws after the Redondo Beach City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night. Photo By 2020, Redondo Beach will be largely smoke-free thanks to a series of ordinances passed by the Redondo Beach City Council, banning smoking in most public places, requiring retailers to get licenses to sell tobacco, and forcing the city’s smokers to go elsewhere to buy flavored tobacco and vape products. According to the ordinances passed on Tuesday night, in separate ideologically-split votes, Redondo Beach’s 43 tobacco retailers will be required to halt sales of all flavored tobacco products, following petitions by a series of audience members and impassioned arguments by Councilmembers Todd Loewenstein and Christian Horvath. A previous draft ordinance would have allowed for the sale of “established” flavors, including menthol- and mint-flavored tobacco. The ban is of particular significance to Mayor Bill Brand, who is currently undergoing treatment for lung cancer. A lifelong non-smoker, he believes he’s at least partially a victim of second-hand smoke, owing to his…
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