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Attachment B CITY OF SHOREVIEW ORDINANCE NO. 984 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA, AMENDING SECTION 706, TOBACCO PRODUCTS The Shoreview City Council ordains that Section 706 of the Shoreview Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: 706 Tobacco Products 706.010 Purpose and Intent. Because the city recognizes that the sale of commercial tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products to persons under the age of 21 violates both state and federal law; and because studies, which the city accepts and adopts, have shown that high school use of any commercial tobacco product has increased to 27.6% in Minnesota; and because nearly 90% of people who smoke begin smoking before they have reached the age of 18 years, and that almost no one starts smoking after age 25; and because marketing analysis, public health research, and commercial tobacco industry documents reveal that tobacco companies have used menthol, mint, fruit, candy, and alcohol flavors as a way to target youth and young adults and that the presence of such flavors can make it more difficult to quit; and because studies show that youth and young adults are especially susceptible to commercial tobacco product availability, advertising, and price promotions at tobacco retail environments; and because commercial tobacco use has been shown to be the cause of many serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on all levels of government, this ordinance is intended to regulate the sale of commercial tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, to protect youth and young adults against the serious health effects associated with use and initiation, and to further the official public policy of the state to prevent young people from starting to smoke, as stated in Minn. Stat. § 144.391, as it may be amended from time to time. In making these findings, the City Council accepts the conclusions and recommendations of: the U.S. Surgeon General reports, E-cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults (2016), The Health Consequences of Smoking — 50 Years of Progress (2014) and Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults (2012); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their studies, Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011– 2015(2016), and Selected Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Quitting Behaviors Among High School Students,