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San Francisco: 2. Big Tobacco: 0

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Sam Azar worries about how a ban on flavored tobacco products will hurt the bottom line at his Mission Smoke Shop.  (Lesley McClurg/ KQED)

Flavored tobacco gets booted out of San Francisco. On Tuesday, voters passed Proposition E with 69 percent of the vote, making the city the first in the nation to pass such a comprehensive ordinance banning all flavored tobacco products from every store shelves. This isn’t the first time San Francisco garnered a major win against the tobacco industry. In fact, a ballot measure back in 1983 says a lot about why the city was poised to pass this first of its kind ordinance.

Guest: Lesley McClurg, KQED science reporter

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