California Seeks $1.1M In Penalties Against Flavored Vape Seller

( September 11, 2025, 12:12 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge discharged an order to show cause why the CEO of a vape retail company should not be sanctioned after the director updated his address on the docket, one day after the California Attorney General’s Office moved for summary judgment seeking a more than $1.1 million fine against the CEO and his company for violating federal and state tobacco laws and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by selling disposable flavored vape products without a license or youth restrictions....