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'tt 1M HILLI ORDINANCE NO. 2024-011 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3— TOBACCO PRODUCTS OF THE ARDEN HILLS CITY CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 3 — Licenses and Regulations, Section 350 — Tobacco Products — Subsections 350.02 Definitions; 350.03 License; 350.07 Self Service Sales; and 350.11 Administrative Fines, Suspension or Revocation, are hereby amended by deleting the [sUieken] language and adding the underlined language as follows: Section 350-Tobacco Products (amended 5/14/12) 350.01 Purpose and Intent. Because the City recognizes that: Tobacco use 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 is intended to regulate the sale of tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws, and to protect youth and young adults against the serious effects associated with use and initiation. The use of tobacco products has devastating health and economic consequences.Tobacco use is the foremost preventable cause of premature death in America. It causes half a million deaths annually and has been responsible for 20.8 million premature deaths in the U.S. over the past 50 years since the first Surgeon General's report on smoking in 1964. This leads to more than$300 billion in health care and lost worker productivity costs each year. In Minnesota, smoking was responsible for$3.19 billion in excess medical expenditures and the deaths of 6,312 individuals in 2014. Youth and young people are particularly susceptible to the addictive properties of tobacco products, and are particularly likely to become lifelong users. An estimated 5.6 million youth aged 0 to 17 are projected to die prematurely from a tobacco-related illness if prevalence rates do not change. National data show that about 95 percent of adult smokers begin smoking before they turn 21. The ages of 18 to 21 are a critical period when many smokers move from experimental smoking to regular, daily use. Electronic delivery device use among youth has recently tripled. Young minds are particularly susceptible to the addictive properties of nicotine. As a result, approximately 3 out of 4 teen smokers end up smoking into adulthood. Public health research and tobacco industry documents and marketing reveal that tobacco companies have used fruit, candy, and alcohol flavors as a way to target youth and young adults. Page 1 of 10