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September 10, 2024 St. Anthony Council Work Session - 2 A chart showing Tobacco Industry Targeting Impacts was displayed. 90% of Minnesota middle and high school students who use tobacco products use flavored products. A chart showing the Nicotine Amount per product was also displayed along with a Minnesota Student Survey taken in 2022 results on the use of any commercial tobacco products in the last 30 days for Minnesota and St. Anthony Village – New Brighton. E-cigarettes are the most common tobacco product currently used (use on 1 or more days in the past 30 days) by 1.63 million of America’s middle school and high school students. Almost 4 in 10 students reported frequent use (use on 20 or more days in the past 30 days) and slightly more than 1 in 4 reported daily use. Charts showing the percent of students who currently use e-cigarettes who reported frequent use by the year 2017 – 2023 and the percentage of students who currently use e-cigarettes and reported having experienced a sign of dependence by the year 2020-2023 were also provided. The impact of nicotine on the adolescent brain were reviewed: No amount of nicotine is safe for young people. Nicotine is highly addictive and a stimulant. Youth exposed to nicotine are more likely to use other substances. 4 in 5 Minnesota teens who vape may be nicotine dependent. Menthol increases nicotine absorption, leading to greater dependence. Menthol use is harder to quit. Among high school smokers, those who smoke menthols are more likely to smoke within one hour of waking and more likely to report cravings compared to high school smokers of non-menthols. African Americans use menthol more than other racial/ethnic groups. There is sufficient research to confirm that tobacco companies targeted youth, women, and African Americans with menthol marketing. Research also suggests that tobacco companies targeted Latinos, Asians, and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders. The tobacco industry (which includes the vape industry) has a history of pretending to be environmentally friendly when they’re really not. This is called “greenwashing”. Some examples are: Tobacco companies occasionally host trash clean-up events but refuse to take responsibility for making some of the most littered products in the world. Tobacco companies claim to plant trees even though a few trees won’t make up for the millions of trees they cut down every year. Tobacco companies use words like “natural” and “earth-friendly” to market some of their products even though there’s nothing “natural” about plastic filters, added chemicals or deliberately harming the planet for profit. Ending the sale of menthol cigarettes would cut littering by 3.8 billion cigarette butts annually. 1.7 million pounds of waste each year. This would have a huge environmental impact. Vape waste is toxic e- waste and creates three huge environmental problems: 1.Increase in single-use plastics. 2.Introduces hazardous and toxic chemicals like nicotine into the environment when thrown out. 3.Increases tech waste, including lithium-ion batteries (which are also considered toxic waste). Ms. Engman reviewed the North Suburban Tobacco Compliance Project. A chart showing the compliance checks to vendors in North Suburban Cities in 2023. Federal Updates include Tobacco 21 (2019), few restrictions on flavored vaping products and FDA declared menthol harmful but has yet to act. MN Tobacco 21: Increased age to purchase to 21 from 18 years old Removed Purchase, Use and Possession (PUP) penalties for young people