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young adults are especially susceptible to commercial tobacco product availability and advertising
<br />at tobacco retail environments: and because commercial tobacco use has been shown to be the
<br />cause of many serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on all levels
<br />of government, this ordinance is intended to regulate the sale of commercial tobacco. tobacco -
<br />related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products for the
<br />purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect youth and young adults against the
<br />serious health effects associated with use and initiation, and to further the official public policy of
<br />the state to prevent young people from starting to smoke, as stated in Minn. Stat. & 144.391, as it
<br />may be amended from time to time.
<br />In making these findings, the City Council accepts the conclusions and recommendations o£ the
<br />U.S. Surgeon General reports, E -cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults (2016), The Health
<br />Consequences of Smoking -50 Years of Progress (20141 and Preventing Tobacco Use Among
<br />Youth and Young Adults (2012): the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their studies,
<br />Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students United States, 2011– 2015(2016), and
<br />Selected Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Quitting Behaviors Among High School Students.
<br />United States, 1997(1998): and of the following scholars in these scientific journals: Chen, J., &
<br />Millar, W. J. (1998). Age of smoking initiation: implications for quitting. Health Reports, 9(41.
<br />39-46: D'Avanzo, B., La Vecchia, C., & Negri, E. (1994). Age at starting smoking and number of
<br />cigarettes smoked. Annals ofEnidemiologv, 4(6),455-459; Everett, S. A., Warren, C. W., Sharn.
<br />D., Kann, L., Husten, C. G., & Crossett, L. S. (1999). Initiation of cigarette smoking and
<br />subsequent smoking behavior among U.S. high school students. Preventive Medicine, 29(5), 327-
<br />333: Giovino, G. A. (2002). Epidemiology of tobacco use in the United States. Oncogene, 21(48),
<br />7326-7340: Khuder, S. A., Dayal, H. H., & Mutgi, A. B. (1999). Age at smoking onset and its
<br />effect on smoking cessation. Addictive Behaviors, 24(5), 673-677: Luke, D. A., Hammond.
<br />Combs, T., Sorg, A., Kasman, M., Mack -Crane, A., Henriksen, L. (2017). Minnesota Department
<br />of Health. (2018). Data Highlights from the 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey. Saint Paul
<br />MN: Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. (2006). Xu, X., Bishop_, E. E., Kennedy, S. M., Simpson,
<br />S. A., & Pechacek, T. F. (2015) Annual healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking: an
<br />update. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(3), 326-333, copies of which are adopted
<br />by reference.
<br />512.02: DEFINITIONS: Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context,
<br />all terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the
<br />following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
<br />Subd. 1. COMPLIANCE CHECKS. The system the City uses to investigate and ensure that
<br />those authorized to sell , and eleetfenie
<br />deliver -y devices licensed products are following and complying with the requirements of
<br />this ordinance. Compliance checks shall involve the use of miner- ns under 21 as
<br />authorized by this ordinance. Compliance checks shall also mean the use of minor -s - erg
<br />under 21 who attempt to purchase , and
<br />eleetrenie–delivery deviees licensed products for educational, research and training
<br />purposes as authorized by state and federal laws. Compliance checks may also be
<br />conducted by other units of government for the purpose of enforcing appropriate federal,
<br />state or local laws and regulations relating to , tebaeee related
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