August 17, 2022 Patrick Lagreid Flavored Tobacco,  Regulations

San Benito County, Calif. Passes First Reading of Flavored Tobacco Ban (Update)

As a statewide ballot question in November’s election about whether flavored tobacco products should be banned approaches, San Benito County has decided to take the first step towards banning the products.

At its August 9 meeting, the county’s Board of Supervisors approved the first reading of an ordinance that will ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in all areas in the county, including the cities of Hollister and San Juan Bautista. The approval was unanimous among the five supervisors.

The ordinance, which also includes a ban on the sale of single use electronic cigarettes, will get a second reading at the board’s August 23 meeting. If it passes as written, the ban would go into place 30 days after is adopted.

San Benito County has approximately 64,000 residents, and is located southeast of San Jose.

Update (Aug. 25, 2022) — The second reading of the ordinance was passed as part of the Board’s August 23 meeting consent agenda.

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Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.

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