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<br /> <br /> <br />Redwood City, California, City Code <br />ATTY/2024/ORD.0012/CC ORD AMENDING MUNI CODE CH 15 (SMOKING REGULATIONS) – EXHIBIT E <br />REV: 01-14-25 JB <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />PHARMACY means any retail establishment in which the profession of pharmacy is practiced by a pharmacist <br />licensed by the State of California in accordance with the Business and Professions Code and where prescription <br />pharmaceuticals are offered for sale, regardless of whether the retail establishment sells other retail goods in <br />addition to prescription pharmaceuticals. <br />SELL, SALE or TO SELL mean any transaction where, for any consideration, ownership is transferred from one (1) <br />person or entity to another including, but not limited to any transfer of title or possession for consideration, <br />exchange or barter, in any manner or by any means. <br />TOBACCO PRODUCT means any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for <br />human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested <br />by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, <br />and snuff; and any electronic device that delivers nicotine to the person inhaling from the device, including, but <br />not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar or electronic pipe. "Tobacco product" does not include any <br />product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation <br />product or for other therapeutic purposes where such product is marketed and sold solely for such an approved <br />purpose. <br />TOBACCO RETAILER means any store, stand, booth, concession or any other enterprise that engages in the retail <br />sale of tobacco products. <br />(Ord. No. 2501, § 2, 12-20-21) <br />Sec. 15.41. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED: <br />A. No person or tobacco retailer shall sell or distribute any flavored tobacco product, except those businesses <br />with a valid tobacco retailer's permit selling flavored tobacco exclusively for on-site hookah consumption as <br />of November 22, 2021. Such exception cannot be transferred or assigned to a subsequent owner of a <br />qualifying business. <br />B. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a tobacco product is a flavored tobacco product if a <br />manufacturer or any of the manufacturer's agents or employees, in the course of their agency or <br />employment, has made a statement or claim directed to consumers or to the public that the tobacco product <br />has or produces a characterizing flavor including, but not limited to, text, color, and/or images on the <br />product's labeling or packaging that are used to explicitly or implicitly communicate that the tobacco product <br />has a characterizing flavor. <br />(Ord. No. 2501, § 2, 12-20-21) <br />Sec. 15.42. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING <br />DEVICES PROHIBITED: <br />No person or tobacco retailer shall sell or distribute any electronic cigarette or electronic smoking device. <br />(Ord. No. 2501, § 2, 12-20-21) <br />Sec. 15.43. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY A PHARMACY PROHIBITED: <br />A. No pharmacy or pharmacy employee or agent shall sell or offer for sale any tobacco product. <br />B. No new tobacco retailer permit may be issued to a pharmacy under Article III of this Chapter. <br />C. No existing tobacco retailer permit issued under Article III of this Chapter may be renewed by a pharmacy.