MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Associated Press reports that the sale of menthol cigarettes could be restricted to adult-only tobacco shops in Minneapolis, if a citywide ordinance that limits other flavored tobacco products is expanded to menthol. The city council first began considering the ban in June.

“This is something that we’ve been getting contacted about for a while,” Council Member Cam Gordon, who is working on an ordinance that would limit menthol cigarette sales, told the news source. “We were hearing from a lot of people that this is a gateway for young people into tobacco and nicotine addiction.”

Minneapolis would be the first city in Minnesota to restrict menthol cigarette sales. San Francisco and Chicago that have adopted similar measures. In late June, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a bill that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products in retail stores. The ban encompasses flavored chewing tobacco, flavored liquids containing nicotine for e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes.

Other Minnesota cities have taken steps to restrict tobacco. In 2016, St. Paul also banned the sale of flavored tobacco products, except at specialty stores that receive at least 90% of their revenue from tobacco, notes the news source.