Denver, Colorado, Referendum 310, Ban Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products Referendum (2025)
Denver Referendum 310 | |
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Election date |
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Topic Local tobacco |
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Status On the ballot |
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Type Referendum |
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Denver Referendum 310 is on the ballot as a referendum in Denver on November 4, 2025.
A "yes" vote is a vote to retain a city law that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products within the city. |
A "no" vote is a vote to repeal a city law that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products within the city. |
Election results
Denver Referendum 310 |
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
Yes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
No | 0 | 0.00% |
Overview
What would the ballot measure do?
- See also: Text of measure
Referendum 310 would approve Council Bill No. 24-1765, passed by the Denver City Council which bans the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city and county limits.[1]
What products would be banned if the referendum passes?
The bill defines flavored tobacco products as any tobacco product that "imparts a cooling sensation, numbing sensation, taste, or smell, other than the taste or smell of tobacco, that is distinguishable by an ordinary consumer either prior to or during the consumption of a tobacco product."[1] It also clarifies that a tobacco product is not defined as flavored "solely because of the use of additives or flavorings or the provision of ingredient information."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 310 is as follows:
“ | Shall the voters of the City and County of Denver retain ordinance number 24-1765, entitled "A bill for an ordinance amending Chapters 24 and 34 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code regarding the sale of tobacco products including flavored tobacco products," which prohibits the sale of flavored tobaссо products by retail tobacco stores? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Support for the ban
Yes for Denver Kids is leading the campaign in support of the "yes" vote to retain the ban.[2] A full list of organizations that support the Yes for Denver Kids coalition can be found on their website.
Supporters
Corporations
Organizations
- African Leadership Group
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Chapter
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- Clayton Early Learning
- Colorado Cancer Coalition
- Colorado Dental Association
- Colorado Medical Society
- Healthier Colorado
- NAACP Colorado Montana Wyoming State-Area Conference
- NAACP Denver
- Servicios de la Raza
- University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Arguments
Opposition to the ban
Citizen Power! is leading the campaign in support of the "no" vote to repeal the ban.[3]
Opponents
Corporations
Organizations
- Altria Group, Inc. Political Action Committee (AltriaPAC)
- Coalition for Health, Opportunity, Innovation and Consumer Education
- Rocky Mountain Smoke-Free Alliance
Arguments
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a successful veto referendum petition drive. Below is a timeline of the initiative:
- December 4, 2024: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Shontel Lewis, and Darrell Watson of the Denver City Council introduced bill 24-1765.[4]
- December 16, 2024: The Denver City Council passed bill 24-1765 in a 11-1 vote.[4]
- December 18, 2024: Mayor Mike Johnston signed the ban into law.[4]
- March 17, 2025: Sponsors of the veto referendum submitted more than 17,000 signatures in support of repealing the ban.[5]
- April 11, 2025: The City Clerk's Office stated that about 11,000 signatures were valid. As this was greater than the 9,400 signature requirement, the measure was placed on the ballot.[6]
- September 5, 2025: The City Clerk and Recorder Paul López certified the ballot title for the measure.[7]
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Colorado
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Colorado.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Denver Government, "Council Bill No. 24-1765 Text," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ Yes for Denver Kids, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ Citizen Power!, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Denver City Council, "File #24-1765," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ Denverite, "The people who want to un-ban flavored tobacco in Denver just submitted enough signatures to put it back on the ballot," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ https://denverite.com/2025/04/11/denver-flavored-tobacco-ban-repeal-signatures-ballot-measure/ Denverite, "Denver’s city clerk says enough signatures were gathered to send repeal of tobacco flavor ban to voters," accessed September 23, 2025]
- ↑ Westworld, "Eight Measures to Appear on Denver’s November Ballot: What to Know," accessed September 23, 2025
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Mail-in Ballots FAQs," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ LexisNexis, "Colorado Revised Statutes, § 1-7-101," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "Voter Registration FAQs," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado Voter Registration Form," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Go Vote Colorado," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Acceptable Forms of Identification," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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