SAN FRANCISCO—On September 2024, City Attorney David Chiu filed a lawsuit against Rogue Holdings, LLC, Swisher International, Inc., and Northern Scandinavian, Inc. for selling different nicotine pouches to San Francisco customers through their websites, which was a violation of San Francisco tobacco- flavored products ban in accordance to California’s Unfair Competition Law.

After the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office discovered that online nicotine companies was selling flavored tobacco, they were held responsible for breaking San Francisco’s flavored- tobacco ban by settling through an agreement for $3 million.

On October 23, San Francisco Superior Court approved the settlement for almost $3 million, requiring that Rouge Holdings, LLC and Swisher International, Inc. to pay $485,000

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