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CITY OF CENTERVlLLE ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE # NO~ An Ordinance Amending City Code Section ,,, The Sale of Cigarettes The City Council of the City ofCenterville does ordain as follows: Section L The City Code ofthe City ofCenterville is hereby amended by deleting Section '" in its entirety and replacing it with the following: Section '" - The Sale of Tobacco 345.01 PUl'pose. The city recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess, and use tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices, and such sales, possession, and use are violations of both State and Federal laws; 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 ordinance shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect minors against the serious effects associated with illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco devices, and to further the official public policy of the State of Minnesota in regard to preventing young people from starting to smoke as stated in Minn. Stat. ~144.391. 345.02 Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms are defined as follows: Subd. I Tobacco or Tobacco Products. "Tobacco" or "Tobacco products" shall mean any substance or item containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to, cigarettes; cigars; pipe tobacco; snuff; fine cut or other chewing tobacco; cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff flowers; cavendish; shorts; plug and twist tobaccos; dipping tobaccos; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing, sniffing, or smoking. Subd.2 Tobacco Related Devices. "Tobacco related devices" shall mean any tobacco product as well as a pipe, rolling papers, or other device intentionally desigm:d or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing, or smoking of tobacco or tobacco products.