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The only store that did not cease tobacco sales by March 2021 was a convenience store in Manhattan Beach that had received a temporary hardship exemption and continued to sell a small number of tobacco products for six months after the ban

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And even the US Food and Drug Administration , hardly a champion of tobacco harm reduction, has authorized one HTP brand to be marketed as modified risk recognizing that it presents reduced exposure to harmful elements and is expected to benefit the health of the population. In real-world scenarios, heated tobacco products are demonstrated to be direct competitors to combustible cigarettesand have reduced cigarette sales at astonishing rates in markets where they are legally sold