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...._ ...r..:.x.wi:::GU. ...s....n1 a- ✓:. -i:s,. S .v.uJ0.`l5 .....,_.naT, u.u[..ma..w.0 <br />aL, "Age at Smoking Onset and its Effect on Smoking Cessation," Addictive Behavior. 24(5):673 -7, <br />September- October 1999; D'Avanzo 13, et aL, "Age at Starting Smoking and Number of Cigarettes <br />Smoked," Annals of Epidemiology 4(6):455 -59, November 1994; Chen, . & Millar, WJ, "Age of Smoking <br />Initiation: Implications for Quitting," health Reports 9(4):39 -46, Spring 1998; Everett SA, et al., <br />"Initiation of Cigarette Smoking and Subsequent Smoking Behavior Among U.S. High School Students," <br />Preventive Medicine, 29(5):327 -33, November 1999, copies of which are adopted by reference, <br />SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. <br />Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context, all terms shall be given their <br />commonly accepted definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply <br />unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. <br />COMPLIANCE CHECKS. The system the city uses to investigate and ensure that those authorized <br />to sell tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco - related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices are <br />following and complying with the requirements of this ordinance. COMPLIANCE CHECKS shall <br />involve the use of minors as authorized by this ordinance. COMPLIANCE CHECKS shall also mean the <br />use of minors who attempt to purchase tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco - related devices, or nicotine or <br />lobelia delivery devices for educational, research and training purposes as authorized by state and federal <br />laws. COMPLIANCE CHECKS may also be conducted by other units of government for the purpose of <br />enforcing appropriate federal, state or local laws and regulations relating to tobacco, tobacco products, <br />tobacco - related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices. <br />INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED. The practice of selling any tobacco or tobacco product wrapped <br />individually for sale. Individually wrapped tobacco and tobacco products shall include but not be limited <br />to single cigarette packs, single bags or cans of loose tobacco in any form, and single cans or other <br />packaging of snuff or chewing tobacco. Cartons or other packaging containing more than a single pack or <br />other container as described in this definition shall not he considered individually packaged. <br />INDOOR AREA. All space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded by walls, doorways, or <br />windows, whether open or closed, covering more than 50 percent of the combined surface area of the <br />vertical planes constituting the perimeter of the area. A wall includes any retractable divider, garage door, <br />or other physical barrier, whether temporary or permanent. <br />LOOSIES. The common terns used to refer to a single or individually packaged cigarette or any <br />other tobacco product that has been removed from its packaging and sold individually. The term <br />"loosies" does not include individual cigars with a retail price, before any sales taxes, of more than $2.00 <br />per cigar. <br />MINOR. Any natural person who has not yet reached the age of 18 years. <br />MOVEABLE PLACE OF BUSINESS. Any form of business operated out of a truck, van, <br />automobile or other type of vehicle or transportable shelter and not a fixed address store front or other <br />permanent type of structure authorized for sales transactions. <br />'ate <br />..,,t .u.wtamtstzt ku a suaiut,,..u. utaxa ..,..-....w-L:k. atstl ur ty a xv <br />Public. Health LiJJ Canter .3i i Summit itt.vettun, Saint l , MN, 5il OS•ri'rf; taitait,u. nult, t heal: an <br />14 <br />