Oppose California Plan to
Ban Flavored Cigars
Senate Bill 793
Please contact your state legislators and ask them to
exclude flavored cigars from SB 793
Senate Bill 793, legislation that bans flavors for all tobacco products including cigars, passed the California Senate and is now before the California Assembly. The bill has been referred to the Assembly Health Committee which was an unprecedented move made by leadership to divert the bill from the proper committee of jurisdiction. While this move by leadership makes passage of the bill more likely, we still have a chance to impact this statewide flavor ban.
In addition, the bill analysis done by the legislature found that California would lose an estimated $407 million in lost sales and excise taxes in just the first 2 years if this bill were to pass! The state is already looking at a $54 billion state deficit that is growing as this pandemic continues to affect how the state operates.
SB 793 is scheduled for a hearing in the Assembly Health Committee the week of July 13, 2020.
CALL TO ACTION
Please contact the below Health Committee members and tell them:
- To exclude flavored cigars from SB 793.
- Cigars are different than other tobacco products.
- When it comes to youth usage of tobacco products, cigars are not the issue. Youth usage is very low and declining.
- It’s wrong to paint all tobacco products with same broad brush, cigars are different.
The following legislators are all members of the Health Committee and should hear from you:
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Committee Members |
District |
Office & Contact Information |
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Riverside County (P) San Bernardino County (P) Beaumont Hemet La Quinta Palm Desert Palm Springs San Jacinto Twentynine Palms Yucaipa Yucca Valley |
Ind - 42 |
Contact Assembly Member Chad Mayes Capitol Office, Room 4098 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0042; (916) 319-2042 |
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Colusa County (P) Lake County (P) Napa County (P) Solano County (P) Sonoma County (P) Yolo County (except W. Sacramento) (P) American Canyon Calistoga Clearlake Davis Dixon Lakeport Napa Rohnert Park St. Helena Williams Winters Woodland Yountville |
Dem - 04 |
Contact Assemby Member Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry Capitol Office, Room 5144 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0004; (916) 319-2004 |
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Alpine County Amador County Calaveras County El Dorado County (P) Madera County Mariposa County Mono County Placer County (P) Tuolumne County Angels Camp Auburn Chowchilla Ione Jackson Madera O’Neals Placerville San Andreas South Lake Tahoe |
Rep - 05 |
Contact Assembly Member Frank Bigelow Capitol Office, Room 4158 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0005; (916) 319-2005 |
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Los Angeles County (P) El Segundo Gardena Inglewood Hawthorne Lawndale Los Angeles Marina Del Rey Venice |
Dem - 62 |
Contact Assembly Member Autumn R. Burke Capitol Office, Room 5150 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0062; (916) 319-2062 |
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Los Angeles County (P) East Los Angeles Los Angeles |
Dem - 51 |
Contact Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo Capitol Office, Room 4167 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0051; (916) 319-2051 |
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San Joaquin County (P) Stanislaus County (P) Lathrop Lockeford Lodi Manteca Modesto Oakdale Riverbank Turlock |
Rep - 12 |
Contact Assembly Member Heath Flora Capitol Office, Room 3098 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0012; (916) 319-2012 |
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San Bernardino County (P) Rancho Cucamonga Highland Redlands Loma Linda San Bernardino |
Dem - 40 |
Contact Assembly Member James C. Ramos Capitol Office, Room 4162 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0040; (916) 319-2040 |
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Los Angeles County (P) San Bernardino County (P) Chino Fontana Ontario Pomona Montclair |
Dem - 52 |
Contact Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez
Capitol Office, Room 2188 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0052; (916) 319-2052 |
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Los Angeles County (P) Huntington Park Los Angeles Vernon |
Dem - 53 |
Contact Assembly Member Miguel Santiago
Capitol Office, Room 6027 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0053; (916) 319-2053 |
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Riverside County (P) San Diego County (P) Escondido Fallbrook San Marcos Temecula Vista |
Rep - 75 |
Contact Assembly Member Marie Waldron
Capitol Office, Room 3104 P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0075; (916) 319-2075 |
(P) = Partial
