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DRAF - <br /> CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br /> ' AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TOBACCO, TOBACCC <br /> PRODUCTS AND TOBACCO RELATED DEVICES, <br /> ' AMENDING SECTION 510 OF THE 1993 <br /> ST. ANTHONY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> 1 The City Council of the City of St. Anthony hereby ordains: <br /> Section 1. Chapter 5, Section 510 is hereby amended as follows: <br /> Section 510.01 PuIose. The City recognizes that many Persons under the age of 18 years <br /> purchase or otherwise obtain, possess, and use tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related <br /> devices, such sales, possession, and use are violations of both State and Federal laws. This <br /> ordinance is intended to regulate the sale, possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco products, <br /> ' and tobacco related devices for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to <br /> protect minors against the serious effects associated with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco <br /> products, and tobacco related devices, and to further the official public policy of the State of <br /> ' Minnesota as stated in Minn. Stat. §144.391. <br /> 510.02 Definitions and Interpretations. <br /> Subd. 1 Tobacco or Tobacco Products. "Tobacco" or "tobacco products" shall <br /> mean any substance or item containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited <br /> to, cigarettes; cigars; pipe tobacco; snuff; fine cut or other chewing tobacco; <br /> 1 cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed, and <br /> other smoking tobacco; snuff flowers; cavendish; shorts; plug and twist <br /> tobaccos; dipping tobaccos; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of <br /> ' tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in such a manner as <br /> to be suitable for chewing, sniffing, or smoking. <br /> ' Subd. 2. Tobacco Related Devices. "Tobacco devices" shall mean any tobacco <br /> product as well as a pipe, rolling papers, or other device intentionally designed <br /> ' or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing, or <br /> smoking of tobacco or tobacco products. <br /> ' Subd. 3 Self-Service Merchandising. Open displays of tobacco, tobacco <br /> products, or tobacco related devices in any manner where any person shall have <br /> access to the tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices, without the <br /> ' assistance or intervention of the licensee or the licensee's employee. The <br /> assistance or intervention shall entail the actual physical exchange of tobacco, <br /> tobacco product, or tobacco related device between the customer and the <br /> ' licensee or employee. Self-service merchandising shall not include vending <br /> machines. <br /> Page 1 <br />