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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE POSSESSION, SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF <br />TOBACCO AND TOBACCO RELATED DEVICES AND PRODUCTS WITHIN THE <br />CITY OF , MINNESOTA <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF . MINNESOTA DOES <br />ORDAIN: <br />Section <br />1 Purpose and intent <br />2 Definitions <br />3 License <br />4 Fees <br />5 Basis for denial of license <br />6 Prohibited sales <br />7 Self - service sales <br />8 Responsibility • <br />9 Compliance checks and inspections <br />10 Other illegal acts <br />11 Exceptions and defenses <br />12 Severability <br />13 Violations and penalty <br />14 Effective Date <br />SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND INTENT. <br />Because the city recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, <br />possess and use tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco - related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery <br />devices, and the sales, possession, and use are violations of both state and federal laws; and because <br />studies, which the city hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before <br />they have reached the age of 18 years and that those persons who reach the age of 18 years without <br />having started smoking are significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has been <br />shown to be the cause of several serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on <br />all levels of government; this ordinance shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession and use of <br />tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco - related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices for the <br />purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect minors against the serious effects associated <br />with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco - related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery <br />devices, and to further the official public policy of the state in regard to preventing young people from <br />starting to smoke as stated in M.S. § 144.391, as it may be amended from time to time. In making these <br />findings, the City Council accepts the conclusions and recommendations of Center for Disease Control in <br />their study "Selected Cigarette Smoking lnitiation and Quitting Behaviors Among High School Students, <br />United States, 1997," and of the following medical professionals in these medical journals: Mulder SA, et <br />Public Ilea <br />I::'d (lb <br />. "II.CI <br />S ;:i it /1wnL._, Il;iP <br />13 <br />