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CONFERENCE AGENDA <br />1:00 Welcome, /ames,N. Muellner, Whltc Bear Lake Rotay <br />1:10 Nicotine: An addictive Drug Harry Lando, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Div. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health <br />1:30 Status report: What is happening in Minnesota and nationally Sandra D. Sandell, Executive Director, ANSR' <br />1:45 Where do children really get cigarettes? Research results from Minnesota communities. <br />lean Forster, Ph.D. Assist. Professor, Div. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health <br />2:45 'creak <br />3:00 Panel Discussion: Community Strategies: winning community support, identifying allies, overcoming inertia <br />Chair, Mary Hourigan, Project Coordinator bIN Tobacco Free Youth Project lames M. Muellner, White Bear Lake Rotary <br />Ursula Dimler, Shoreview City Council Lyle Hanks, Mayor, St. Louis Park ?dark Sather, City Manager, White Bear Lake <br />3:30 Model Legislation: Avoiding legal pitfalls, Doing it right. <br />Suesan Pace -Shapiro, Anorney at l_,v: , Popham, Haik, Schnobdch & Kaufman. <br />4:00 <br />4:20 <br />4:30 <br />Opposition strategies and tactics: be prpared! <br />Question & Answer: <br />Adjourn, informal discussion 5:00 Facility closes <br />leannc O'tiglun, ANSF, <br />Don Slater, teewiive Director, fugue of Minnesota Cities <br />December 15,1989 <br />1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. <br />Naegele Auditorium <br />60 Floor N. Park Nicollet Center <br />5000 West 391h Street <br />St. Louis Park, MN <br />Directions to Naegele Auditorium <br />Hwy 100 to Excelsior Blvd. Fast to Quentin Ave. North one block to 39th street, osm left and <br />drive 112 block to Park Nicollet Medical center. Park on the west side of the building. <br />For further information about the conference or the issue of children's access to tobacco. call (612) 339.1902 <br />IMPORTANTFACTS <br />e In 1989 selling tobacco to children was changed from a <br />potty misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. This had an affect <br />on over-the-counter sales but had virtually no affect on <br />vending machine sales. <br />e The earlier a person starts smoking, the harder it is to quit <br />and the more likely it is that person will suffer from life <br />threatening illnesses later. Tobacco has no established safe <br />level of use. Once tobacco use is initiated, most users become <br />addicts; very few are able to remain "social smokers". <br />e The average first smoke is at age 13. 57T0 of high school <br />seniors who smoke regularly report they started before 14. <br />e The Minnesota Automatic Merchandising Council reports <br />that most cigarette vending machines are unattended. <br />e In a U. of M. survey, only 29%of teen-age girls and 42%of <br />boys who had attempted to purchase cigarettes reported ever <br />being asked for proof of age. A young appearing 14-year old <br />boy could purchase cigarettes over the counter only 22% of <br />the time. He had little difficulty making purchases from <br />vending machines (74%success). <br />a In a "decoy" operation conducted in three suburban <br />communities in July, a 15-year old girl was 86% successful <br />in 105 attempts to purchase cigarettes. <br />e Several Minnesota communities are considering programs to <br />restrict children's access to tobacco including prohibition of <br />sales from vending machines. <br />J <br />