Health Featured Redwood City bans flavored vapes, tobacco hookah lounges: City adopts San Mateo County's tobacco ordinance, placing harsher restrictions on permits, enforcement By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Apr 29, 2026 The sale of flavored vapes and tobacco products will be banned in Redwood City, and businesses offering on-site hookah use will have to switch…
Local News Featured South City allows its only hookah lounge: New owners of former Dahab restaurant can serve hookah after city’s policy change By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Mar 24, 2026 Despite passing a stricter tobacco ordinance last year, South City will allow one hookah lounge to remain after the city’s Planning Commission…
Local News South City strengthens tobacco retail ordinance By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated Mar 23, 2026 South City officially updated its tobacco retail ordinance, more closely aligning it with the county’s policy, which bans hookah operations an…
Local News Future is hazy for San Bruno hookah lounge By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Feb 13, 2025 The San Bruno City Council introduced the county’s tobacco retailer ordinance at its meeting Feb. 11, after a yearlong, and ultimately unsucce…
Local News Burlingame bans all future tobacco retailer permits By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Dec 6, 2024 Updates to Burlingame’s tobacco retailer ordinance program include a ban on new permits but will also allow for businesses to indefinitely tra…
Local News Featured Redwood City studies new smoking rules By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Updated Apr 28, 2026 Redwood City is studying whether it should establish its own ordinance or relinquish authority to the county when it comes to tobacco retail r…
Local News Featured Flavored tobacco ban likely in Millbrae Daily Journal staff report Jul 16, 2022 Flavored tobacco products, including hookah, vapes, chew, cigars and cigarillos, could soon be pulled from shelves in Millbrae, with the City …
Local News San Bruno approves new smoking rule Updated Apr 2, 2025 Smoking within new San Bruno businesses will be banned after the city approved new rules on Tuesday.
