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9.A. - Page 1 of 7 <br />/<�ik <br />Redwood <br />CitylCallifornia <br />Faunded 1867 <br />A,&/ <br />DATE: October 28, 2019 <br />SUBJECT <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />City Council Referral: Future consideration of ordinance banning flavored tobacco sales <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Discuss whether to direct staff to return at a future meeting with a proposed ordinance banning flavored <br />tobacco sales, modeled after San Mateo County's ordinance, for City Council consideration. <br />STRATEGIC INITIATIVE <br />Community for All Ages <br />BACKGROUND <br />Councilmember Masur has asked that the City Council consider directing staff to develop an ordinance to <br />ban flavored tobacco sales for the City Council's consideration at a future meeting. Councilmember Masur <br />suggested modeling a City ordinance on an ordinance adopted by San Mateo County. The County's <br />ordinance is described further at https://www.smchealth.org/flavoredtobacco; excerpts are below. <br />On June 19, 2018, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance <br />to restrict the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and flavored tobacco products in <br />unincorporated areas. The purpose of this ordinance is to help address the recent <br />increase in use of flavored tobacco products (i.e. e -cigarettes, vapes, etc.) among youth <br />and young adults. This increase was considered to be an "epidemic" by the Food and <br />Drug Administration and the U.S. Surgeon General in the fall of 2018. More information <br />about the ordinance can be found below. <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />208 <br />