Denver voters approve flavored tobacco product ban with 71.53% of vote

Denver will continue to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products within city limits after voters on Tuesday voted 71.53% in favor.

The Denver City Council voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city last year, but voters needed to approve or reject the measure .

Referendum 310 will now ban all sales of flavored tobacco products, like nicotine vapes.

A Getty Images file photo shows vaping products on shelves at Myxed Up Creations, a store that sells vaping products and other items, at 5800 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Supporters of the ban say it would make it harder for Denver children and teens, 7% of whom have admitted to vaping, according to those supporters, to purchase or use those