Committee backs city ban on flavored e cigarettes and menthol, exempts some tobacco products Evanston RoundTable Federal flavor ban goes into effect Thursday, but many flavored vape products will still be available FDA tried to ban vape flavors before crisis. Obama nixed the plan. Los Angeles Times Flavored vape and menthol cigarettes banned in California Thousands of illegal vapes from China to Mississippi seized in Chicago, Customs and Border Protection says ABC7 Chicago How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States Reuters