San Francisco Set to Ban E Cigarettes WSJ 31 May 2019, Saxony, Dresden: A man holds the electronic tobacco heater IQOS (I quit ordinary smoking) of the tobacco group Philip Morris. The electronic tobacco stick should not be confused with Philip Morris' new vaping product may replace cigarettes. Here's why FOX 10 Phoenix San Francisco bans e cigarette sales, becoming the first city to do so San Francisco has outlawed smoking from almost every corner of civic life in ordinance after ordinance, including at bus stops, ball parks and even when waiting in line outside for a movie E Cigarettes Public Health Law Center