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CITY OF HUGO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1997-317 <br />AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SALE, POSSESSION AND <br />USE OF TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, TOBACCO RELATED <br />DEVICES IN THE CITY AND TO REDUCE THE ILLEGAL SALE, <br />POSSESSION, AND USE OF SUCH ITEMS TO AND BY MINORS <br />The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby ordain as <br />follows: <br />City Code Chapter 50 is hereby repealed in its entirety and <br />replaced with the following: <br />Section 50.010. Purpose. <br />Because the City recognizes that many persons under the age of <br />eighteen (18) years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess and use <br />tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco related devices, and because <br />studies, which the City hereby accepts and adopts', have shown that <br />most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the age of <br />eighteen (18 ) years and that those persons who reach the age of <br />eighteen (18) years without having started smoking are <br />significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has <br />been shown to be the cause of several serious health problems which <br />subsequently place a financial burden on all levels of government; <br />this ordinance shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession, <br />and use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices <br />for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to <br />protect minors against the serious effects associated with the <br />illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related <br />devices, and to further the official public policy of the State of <br />Minnesota in regard to preventing young people from starting to <br />smoke as stated in Minn. Stat. §144.391. <br />Section 50.020. Definitions and Interpretations. <br />Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by <br />context, all terms shall be given their commonly accepted <br />'The City of Hugo has relied upon the following sources: <br />Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People, A Report of the Surgeon <br />General; Youth Access to Tobacco - Summary Points, Youth and Elders <br />Against Tobacco Use; Stillwater Area School District Cigarette Use <br />Statistics; Youth Access to Tobacco, Minnesota Assist; Tobacco <br />Sales to Youth and Nicotine Addiction in Adolescence, both by the <br />Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <br />Rev. 10/07/97 <br />