Awash in needles, human feces, and facing one of the worst housing crises in the country, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has decided vaping is public enemy number one.

On Tuesday, the supervisors voted unanimously to ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of e-cigarettes in San Francisco. A further vote next week is needed to finalize the ban.

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