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Ordinance 885
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<br /> 512.01: PURPOSE AND INTENT: Because the City recognizes that many persons
<br /> under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess and use tobacco,
<br /> tobacco products, tobacco-related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices
<br /> electronic delivery devices, and the sales, possession, and use are violations of both
<br /> state and federal laws; and because studies, which the City hereby accepts and adopts,
<br /> have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the age of 18
<br /> years and that those persons who reach the age of 18 years without having started
<br /> 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
<br /> financial burden on all levels of government; this ordinance shall be intended to regulate
<br /> the sale, possession and use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices, and
<br /> nicotine or lobelia delivery devices electronic delivery devices for the purpose of
<br /> enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect minors against the serious effects
<br /> associated with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices, and
<br /> nicotine or lobelia delivery devices electronic delivery devices, and to further the official
<br /> public policy of the state in regard to preventing young people from starting to smoke as
<br /> 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
<br /> Disease Control in their study "Selected Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Quitting
<br /> Behaviors Among High School Students, United States, 1997,"and of the following medical
<br /> professionals in these medical journals: Khuder SA, et al., "Age at Smoking Onset and its
<br /> Effect on Smoking Cessation,"Addictive Behavior 24(5):673-7, September-October 1999;
<br /> D'Avanzo B, et al., "Age at Starting Smoking and Number of Cigarettes Smoked,"Annals of
<br /> Epidemiology 4(6):455-59, November 1994; Chen, J & Millar, WJ, "Age of Smoking
<br /> Initiation: Implications for Quitting," Health Reports 9(4):39-46, Spring 1998; Everett SA, et
<br /> al., "Initiation of Cigarette Smoking and Subsequent Smoking Behavior Among U.S. High
<br /> School Students," Preventive Medicine, 29(5):327-33, November 1999, copies of which are
<br /> adopted by reference.
<br /> 512.02: DEFINITIONS: Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by
<br /> context, all terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. For the purpose of
<br /> this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or
<br /> requires a different meaning.
<br /> Subd. 1. COMPLIANCE CHECKS. The system the City uses to investigate and
<br /> ensure that those authorized to sell tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related
<br /> devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices electronic delivery devices are
<br /> following and complying with the requirements of this ordinance. Compliance checks
<br /> shall involve the use of minors as authorized by this ordinance. Compliance checks
<br /> shall also mean the use of minors who attempt to purchase tobacco, tobacco
<br /> products, tobacco-related devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery devices electronic
<br /> delivery devices for educational, research and training purposes as authorized by
<br /> state and federal laws. Compliance checks may also be conducted by other units of
<br /> government for the purpose of enforcing appropriate federal, state or local laws and
<br /> regulations relating to tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices, and
<br /> nicotine or lobelia delivery devices electronic delivery devices.
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