California's controversial flavored tobacco ban goes into effect today. A week ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected RJ Reynolds Tobacco's argument that new state laws conflicted with federal law.

Flavored tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, and flavored cigars can no longer be sold in stores.

“If they want to ban flavored tobacco or regulate it, I feel like they should select certain stores to be authorized to retail it. It has saved so many lives and helped so many people quit smoking.” Located on West Lane, Stockton Carlo Sharmoug, owner of Ziggy's Smoke Shop on the corner of Alpine Avenue, told ABC10.

Shamoug said that in his 14 years in business, his store has never sold tobacco to minors.

Before the advent of e-cigarettes, teen smoking rates in California began to decline, Freitas said.

“They started being sold in flavors like grape, cherry, and gummy bears. All of a sudden, we saw teen smoking rates go up again,” Freitas said.

Smoke shops like Ziggy's say California will lose millions in tax dollars and believe products will be sold on the black market. However, Frietas disagrees, saying that in California alone, there are significant savings in medical costs.

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