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ORDINANCE NO. 2501 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY ADDING ARTICLE VI TO CHAPTER 15 (SMOKING <br />REGULATIONS) OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO AND <br />ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND THE SALE OF TOBACCO <br />PRODUCTS IN PHARMACIES, AND AMENDING ARTICLE III <br />(TOBACCO RETAIL PERMIT) OF CHAPTER 15 (SMOKING <br />REGULATIONS) TO CLARIFY THAT PHARMACIES CANNOT OBTAIN <br />A TOBACCO RETAILER'S PERMIT <br />WHEREAS, tobacco use causes death and disease and continues to be an urgent <br />public health threat; and <br />WHEREAS, flavored tobacco products are commonly sold by California tobacco <br />retailers; and <br />WHEREAS, about 2,500 children in the United States try their first cigarette each <br />day and 81 % of youth who have ever used a tobacco product report that the first tobacco <br />product they used was flavored; and <br />WHEREAS, electronic smoking device (or e -cigarette, vape, vape pen, e -hookah, <br />etc.) usage by youth has been rising and the devices are now the most commonly used <br />tobacco products among middle and high school students; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2018 Monitoring the Future Study found that over 60% of 10th <br />grade students said it was easy to get vaping devices and e -liquids and the 2018 National <br />Youth Tobacco Survey found that middle and high school students can obtain devices <br />and e -liquids from vape shops, gas stations and convenience stores; and <br />WHEREAS, the United States Surgeon General has stated that the brains of youth <br />and young adults are more vulnerable to the negative consequences of nicotine <br />exposure; and <br />WHEREAS, by selling tobacco products of any type, pharmacies reinforce positive <br />social perceptions of smoking, convey tacit approval of tobacco use, and send a message <br />that it is not dangerous to smoke or vape; and <br />WHEREAS, the Tobacco and Education Research Oversight Committee for <br />California, as well as the American Pharmacists Association, the California Pharmacists <br />Association, and the California Medical Association have called for the adoption of state <br />and local prohibitions of tobacco sales in drug stores and pharmacies; and <br />ATTY/ORD.547/CC ORDINANCE FLAVORED TOBACCO ORD. NO. 2501 <br />REV: 12-01-2021 RL MUFF NO. 301 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />