Table 1.
Characteristics of Cities in the Bay Area Region of California With and Without Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions (FTSR)
| Effective/enforced date | Policy type | Population | Land area (square miles) | Number of tobacco retailers within 1000’ of a public school | Number of public high schools | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unexposed cities a (median) | NA | 69 567 | 14.4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Exposed cities (median) | 425 097 | 46.9 | 20 | 31 | ||
| Oakland | 7/18/2018 | Adult-only stores excluded | 425 097 | 55.8 | 10 | 34 |
| Windsor | 7/30/2018 | Menthol and several tobacco products excludedb | 27 447 | 7.3 | 2 | 3 |
| Palo Alto | 1/1/2019 | Adult-only stores excluded | 66 573 | 23.9 | 1 | 2 |
| San Francisco | 1/1/2019 | Comprehensive | 874 961 | 46.9 | 101 | 31 |
| Lafayette | 6/26/2019 | Comprehensive | 26 305 | 15.2 | 2 | 1 |
| Alameda | 7/1/2019 | Comprehensive | 78 522 | 10.6 | 7 | 7 |
| Livermore | 8/7/2019 | Comprehensive | 89 699 | 25.2 | 8 | 7 |
Unexposed cities include: American Canyon, Brentwood, Calistoga, Castro Valley, Concord, Daly City, Dixon, Fairfield, Forestville, Gilroy, Healdsburg, Martinez, Millbrae, Milpitas, Moraga, Mountain View, Napa, Oakley, Orinda, Petaluma, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Rohnert Park, San Bruno, San Lorenzo, San Mateo, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, St. Helena, Vacaville, Vallejo, Walnut Creek.
Premium cigars (priced over $5), large packs of cigars and smokeless tobacco (5 units or more), and pipe tobacco excluded.
Sources:
Dates—Public Health Law Center.
Population (2015–2019 American Community Survey), number of tobacco retailers within 1000’ of a public school (2018 California Department of Tax and Fee Administration), and number of public high schools (2020 California Department of Education) obtained from The California Tobacco Health Assessment Tool (https://cthat.org).
Land area—2010 Census.