Smart vapes' bring internet, games to e cigarettes for teens Opinion The FDA's flavored vape ban was a shortsighted disaster The Washington Post Local bans on flavored tobacco products in California are linked to lower youth vaping rates without increasing cigarette smoking, according to a new study published Friday. Details in bio. Proposition 31 in California brought the "flavor ban" to protect minors from being marketed to and reduce the harm caused by flavor chemicals. Flavored e cigarettes and nicotine pouches are still being acquired