Early election results show Denver voters broadly support retaining a controversial ban on the sale of flavored tobacco inside city limits.

Of the 90,831 votes tallied by 7 p.m., 73% supported the ban and 27% opposed it. The city will release the next round of voting results at 8:30 p.m.

The City Council in December banned the sale of most flavored tobacco and nicotine products, from flavored vapes to menthol cigarettes, in an 11-1 vote. But opponents of the ban gathered enough signatures to put the question to a citywide vote and placed Referendum 310 on the ballot . The retention question is worded so that “yes” is a vote to keep the ban and “no” is a vote to repeal it.

Denver election results

Proponents of the ban -- which has not been enforced yet -- said flavored nicotine prod

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