Electronic cigarettes.

Existing law requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer a statewide program to license manufacturers, importers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of cigarettes and tobacco products and requires every manufacturer and importer of cigarettes or tobacco products sold in the state to obtain and maintain a license to engage in the sale of cigarettes. Existing law requires cartridges for electronic cigarettes and solutions for filling or refilling an electronic cigarette to be in child-resistant packaging, as defined. This bill would require, commencing on April 1, 2020, a manufacturer of an electronic cigarette sold in the state to submit a written physical description and a photograph of each type of electronic cigarette sold by that manufacturer to the State Department of Public Health. For each new electronic cigarette manufactured for sale in the state after April 1, 2020, the bill would require the manufacturer to submit the written physical description and photograph of the electronic cigarette to the department within 30 days of making the electronic cigarette available for sale. The bill would require the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to share with the State Department of Public Health a list of manufacturers licensed to sell electronic cigarettes in California, and would require the State Department of Public Health to use the list to verify that manufacturers of electronic cigarettes comply with the bill's requirements. The bill would require the State Department of Public Health, commencing on July 1, 2020, to post the description and photograph of each electronic cigarette on its internet website, and would require the State Department of Public Health to coordinate with the State Department of Education to notify local educational agencies of that posting. The bill would require the State Department of Public Health to impose a fee on manufacturers of electronic cigarettes sold in the state in an amount to cover the reasonable costs to the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education to comply with the requirements of the bill. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.