Mealey's (August 12, 2020, 1:16 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Aug. 7 entered orders in two separate actions granting Los Angeles County's motions to dismiss challenges to its ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products within the county, one brought by tobacco companies and the other brought by a vaping industry association and vape shop (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al. v. Los Angeles, et al., No. 20-4880, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141961; CA Smoke & Vape Association, Inc., et al. v. Los Angeles, et al., No. 20-4065, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141962)....