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1 <br /> <br /> <br />CITIES STATUS (TOBACCO) <br /> <br />Cities that regulate sales of flavored tobacco products: <br />• Falcon Heights (including menthol, mint, wintergreen) – went into effect 7/1/18 <br />• Lauderdale (including menthol, mint, wintergreen) - goes into effect 2/1/19 <br />• Mendota Heights (including menthol, mint and wintergreen) – goes into effect 3/1/2019 <br />• Minneapolis (including menthol, mint, wintergreen) – went into effect on 8/1/18 <br />• Robbinsdale (not menthol, mint, wintergreen) – went into effect 4/1/18 – held a study session on 1/7/19 and <br />will move forward with language to raise the tobacco age to 21 and include menthol, mint and wintergreen in <br />their flavor restriction. <br />• Shoreview (not menthol, mint, wintergreen) <br />• St. Louis Park (not menthol, mint, wintergreen) <br />• St. Paul (including menthol, mint, wintergreen) – went into effect on 11/1/18 <br /> <br />Cities that have raised the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco to 21: <br />• Bloomington <br />• Brooklyn Center <br />• Eden Prairie <br />• Edina <br />• Excelsior <br />• Falcon Heights <br />• Hermantown <br />• Lauderdale – goes into effect 2/1/19 <br />• Mendota Heights <br />• Minneapolis <br />• Minnetonka <br />• North Mankato <br />• Plymouth <br />• Richfield <br />• Roseville <br />• Shoreview <br />• St. Louis Park <br />• St. Peter <br />• Waseca <br /> <br />Cities that are considering raising the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco to 21: <br />• Brooklyn Park <br />• Duluth- first reading/ public hearing held on 1/14/19 <br />• Maplewood <br />• Mounds View <br />• North Oaks – work session held last week <br />• New Brighton <br /> <br />Cities where the minimum legal age to purchase tobacco is 18 and there is no regulation of flavored tobacco: <br />• Fridley <br />• Lino Lakes <br />• Little Canada <br />• Oakdale <br />• St. Anthony Village <br />• Vadnais Heights <br />• White Bear Lake <br />• Woodbury