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ORDINANCE 2012-463 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING HUGO CITY CODE, CHAPTER 38, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ARTICLE III - TOBACCO, TO INCLUDE NICOTINE OR LOBELIA DELIVERY DEVICES AND REQUIRE BEHIND COUNTER STORAGE OF PRODUCTS THE CITY OF HUGO ORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 38, Health and Human Services, Article III -Tobacco, to read as follows: Sec. 38-44. - Purpose. (a) Because the city recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess and use tobacco, tobacco products tobacco -related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices, and because studies, which the city hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the age of 18 years and that those persons who reach the age of 18 years without having started smoking are significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has been shown to be the cause of several serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on all levels of government; this article shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco -related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect minors against the serious effects associated with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco -related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices, and to further the official public policy of the state in regard to preventing young people from starting to smoke as stated in Minn. Stats. § 144.391. (b) The city has relied upon the following sources: Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People, A Report of the Surgeon General; Youth Access to Tobacco - Summary Points, Youth and Elders Against Tobacco Use; Stillwater Area School District Cigarette Use Statistics; Youth Access to Tobacco, Minnesota Assist; Tobacco Sales to Youth and Nicotine Addiction in Adolescence, both by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Prior Code, § 275-010) Sec. 38-45. - Definitions and interpretations. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Compliance checks means the system the city uses to investigate and ensure that those authorized to sell tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco -related devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery devices are following and complying" with the requirements of this article. Compliance checks may involve the use of minors as authorized by this article.