Committee backs city ban on flavored e cigarettes and menthol, exempts some tobacco products Evanston RoundTable A new bill in the Illinois Senate would ban the sale of all flavored tobacco and nicotine products statewide, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes. Click the link in the comments to Thousands of illegal vapes from China to Mississippi seized in Chicago, Customs and Border Protection says ABC7 Chicago FDA tried to ban vape flavors before crisis. Obama nixed the plan. Los Angeles Times