Editor’s Note: See, America’s Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Starts in San Francisco, CA, Not Washington, DC, here.
From: Convenience Store News
Minneapolis Adds Menthol Restrictions
New legislation will take effect Aug. 1, 2018.
MINNEAPOLIS — Convenience stores in Minneapolis will no longer be permitted to sell menthol cigarettes a year from now due to a new regulation passed on Aug. 4 by the Minneapolis City Council.
According to The Star Tribune, the city council approved a restriction limiting sales of all flavored tobaccos — including menthol, mint and wintergreen — to adult-only tobacco shops and liquor stores.
The new regulation will reduce the availability of menthol and mint tobacco products from 318 stores to just 23 tobacco shops and 24 liquor stores. Sales of other flavored tobacco products have already been restricted to tobacco shops here since 2016. The new restrictions take effect Aug. 1, 2018.
