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WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE TAKEN A STANCE
<br />AGAINST FLAVORED PRODUCTS?
<br />In Minnesota, the cities of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Shoreview, Saint Louis
<br />Park, Robbinsdale, Duluth, Falcon Heights and Mendota Heights restrict
<br />the sale of flavored tobacco products. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth and
<br />Falcon Heights also restrict the sale of menthol tobacco products. Additionally,
<br />Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Richfield, Maplewood
<br />and Robbinsdale have set minimum prices on cheap cigars, many of which
<br />are flavored and attractive to youth.
<br />New York City and Providence, R.I., passed policies restricting flavored
<br />tobacco sales, with the exception of menthol-flavored products. San Francisco
<br />and Oakland passed ordinances restricting the sale of all flavored tobacco
<br />products, including menthol.
<br />SOURCES
<br />1 One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress.(2009). Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
<br />2 Brown, et. al. “Candy Flavorings in Tobacco.” New England Journal of Medicine; 370:2250-2252 June 5, 2014.
<br />3 King BA, Dube SR, and Tynan MA. 2013. “Flavored Cigar Smoking Among U.S. Adults: Findings from the 2009–2010
<br />National Adult Tobacco Survey.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15(2): 608-614; Villanti AC, Richardson A, Vallone DM, et al.
<br />2013. “Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among U.S. Young Adults.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 44(4): 388–91.
<br />4 King AB, Tynan MA, Dube SR, Arrazola R. Flavored-little cigar and flavored-cigarette use among U.S. middle and high
<br />school students. Journal of Adolescent Health. September 17, 2013.
<br />5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (n.d.) Flavored Tobacco Product Sheet.
<br />6 Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. (2009, December 14). The path to smoking addiction starts at very young ages.
<br />7 King BA, Dube SR, and Tynan MA. 2013. “Flavored Cigar Smoking Among U.S. Adults: Findings from the 2009–2010
<br />National Adult Tobacco Survey.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15(2): 608–614; Nelson DE, Mowery P, Tomar S, et al.
<br />2006. “Trends in Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults and Adolescents in the United States.” American Journal of Public
<br />Health. 96(5): 897– 905.
<br />8 Report from R.M. Manko Assoc. to Lorillard Tobacco Co. (Aug. 1978)
<br />9 David Weiss Associates. “The ‘Graduation Theory.’ November 16, 1984. Retrieved from http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/
<br />lfc46b00/pdf?search=%22graduation%20theory%22. Bates No. USSTC1945141-USSTC1945142
<br />E-cigarette liquid, known as e-juice, comes
<br />in numerous youth-friendly flavors, such as
<br />the Pomberry, Psychedelic Peach and Fruit
<br />Stripe shown above.
<br />Shisha is the tobacco used in smoking
<br />hookah and is often flavored.
<br />WHAT DOES THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
<br />FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS?
<br />The tobacco documents from the settlement revealed the “Graduation
<br />Theory,” a method used by the tobacco industry that aims to secure customer
<br />loyalty.9 This approach implies that new users start with milder tasting and
<br />flavored products. They graduate to full-bodied, less flavored items that often
<br />contain more nicotine and remain addicted for life.
<br />HOW DO FLAVORS IN TOBACCO PRODUCTS AFFECT YOUTH
<br />INITIATION AND ADDICTION?
<br />Nearly 90 percent of adult smokers began smoking in their teens.6 The
<br />flavoring in these products makes it easier for new, young users to take up
<br />tobacco, because the flavoring masks the harshness of the tobacco and
<br />enhances the user’s pleasure.7
<br />The Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota is dedicated to reducing the
<br />human and economic costs of tobacco use in Minnesota.
<br />(June, 2016)
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