SF Politics San Francisco May Try to Ban Cigarette and Pot Smoking Inside Apartments A new nanny-state ordinance coming from the Board of Supervisors proposes banning all smoking — including vapes and cannabis smoking — in apartment buildings of more than three units.
SF News UCSF Study Suggests Smokers (and Ex-Smokers) Have More Severe and Fatal Cases of COVID-19 Whether you currently smoke or you previously did and quit, you appear to be likelier to have a bad case of COVID-19 according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
SF News Tobacco Lobby Works To Overturn SF Menthol Ban The ink is barely dry on the ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco products that San Francisco supervisors passed unanimously in late June, but the tobacco industry is firing back with cartons
SF News Bounced From Business, 16th Street Smoker Beats Butt-Buster A man kicked out of a Mission District business for smoking reacted most aggressively Thursday, attacking the man who told him to snuff his butt. The dispute began at 4 p.m. Thursday,
SF News SF, Oakland Could Ban Flavored Tobacco Products Including Menthol Cigarettes These are some #flavoredtobacco products purchased in stores across our city. We don't want these sold in #SF #FocusOnFlavors #StopProfiling pic.twitter.com/NZatm1capA— Malia Cohen (@MaliaCohen) April 18, 2017 San Francisco and
SF News Hoard 'Em If You Got 'Em: CA Cigarettes To Cost $2 More Per Pack As Of Saturday Smokers, it's time to start setting aside more cash for your habit, or to quit it altogether: On Saturday, the voter-approved tax increase of $2 per pack of cigarettes kicks in, making your
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink RIP Smoking On El Rio Patio: Landlord Enforcing Ban, Says Bar San Francisco smokers may be an overall minority, but more often than not they're a well represented group on the back patio of El Rio. That space, a grotto behind the queer-leaning bar
SF News Video: Mission Smokers Reveal Thoughts On Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase With so many local and state measures on this November's ballot, it's perhaps easy for some to get lost in the mix. Proposition 56 may be just such a measure — and while not
SF News Cigarettes Likely To Get More Expensive As $2 Tax Gathers Enough Signatures For Ballot Over one million signatures have been gathered in support of a California ballot measure that would increase the tax on cigarettes statewide. As long as the secretary of state’s office verifies that
SF News Sorry Kool Camel Kids, Bill Raising California Smoking Age To 21 Signed Into Law Governor Jerry Brown yesterday signed into law a host of new bills designed to regulate tobacco and nicotine products, the most impactful of which is the raising of the statewide smoking age from
SF News Russian Hill Scuffle Over Smokes Ends With Purloined Coffee Mug Was it a Russian Hill altercation attempted mugging, or just a weird interaction that turned violent? The San Francisco Police Department is (quite rightly) unwilling to speculate on motive, but confirms that as
SF News Mayor Refuses To Allow Likely Statewide Smoking Age Increase To Rain On Local Prohibition Parade Though buying cigarettes might soon become a 21-and-over activity for any smoking Californian, San Francisco isn't content to wait for Governor Jerry Brown to decide if he's gonna OK the package of tobacco
SF News Cigarette Buying No Longer An All-Ages Event in SF, As Supes Vote To Raise Tobacco Purchase Age To 21 We warned you back in November, and now it's official: After an unanimous vote at the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, San Francisco will soon raise the age one is allowed to purchase tobacco
SF News E-Cigarettes Don't Help People Quit Smoking, According To UCSF Study Although e-cigarettes are often marketed as devices to help smokers quit, a new study finds they do little to help smokers kick the habit. The study, done by UCSF and published in The
SF News Hate San Francisco's Proliferation Of Walgreens? Blame Willie Brown According to the Walgreens "store locator," the drugstore/emergency cat litter shop/place to grab gum and milk has around 50 locations across San Francisco, quite a feat given our city's notorious opposition
SF News Your Smokes Are About To Get More Expensive As Litter Fee Set To Double The price of cigarettes across San Francisco is set to increase on January 1, as the City Controller has announced a planned doubling of the so-called cigarette litter fee. The fee, first implemented
SF News Under 21? Then Forget About Buying Smokes In SF, Says Supe Though an effort to raise California's smoking age to 21 stalled last month in the state Assembly, that won't stop a couple San Francisco lawmakers from trying to impose tighter regulations for young
SF News SF Health Department Goes After Vaping With New Campaign Good, bad, or ugly, vaping is happening and San Francisco's Health Department is positioned to be the first to try to curb it, ABC 7 reports. That's it, that's the campaign name. But
SF News San Francisco Orders First Parklet Removal Sure, people were using the parklet outside Martin Macks gastropub on Haight Street. But not the right kind of people, darling. The Department of Public Works issued the order last week for one
SF News Anti-Smoking Crusaders Seek To Ban Smoking Around Lake Merritt Some "chemically sensitive" and otherwise smoke-averse individuals in Oakland have just filed a petition with city councilperson Rebecca Kaplan to ban smoking around the perimeter of Lake Merritt. Once again, smokers, in case
SF News S.F.'s War On Smoking Continues, Street Fair Cigarettes In Danger San Francisco's put-upon smoking class might get one less place to light up starting next year. Although it is basically illegal to even think about smoking within 15 feet of a business, the
