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Meeting Date: Meeting Type: Regular Ordinance #:
7/11/13
Consent Agenda: Yes Resolution #: 19-13
Originating Department: Council
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Resolution 19-13, Urging Local Retailers that Sell Tobacco Products to Refrain from Marketing and Selling
Flavored Tobacco Products, which Tend to Promote and Influence Underage and/or Youthful Consumption
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Form Amended:. 7/12/12
RESOLUTION N0.19-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, URGING LOCAL
RETAILERS THAT SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO REFRAIN
FROM MARKETING AND SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO
PRODUCTS, WHICH TEND TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE
UNDERAGE AND/OR YOUTHFUL CONSUMPTION;
DIRECTING THE VILLAGE CLERK TO PROVIDE A COPY OF
THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH PALM BEACH COUNTY TOBACCO PREVENTION
AND CONTROL PROGRAM; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in both the
United States and in the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS, nearly 90 percent of all tobacco users initiate use before they turn
18 years old; and
WHEREAS, each day in the United States, more than 4,000 youth try smoking
for the first time, and another 2,000 become regular daily smokers; and
WHEREAS, the Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids estimates that 28.7 million
packs of cigarettes are purchased or consumed by minors in the State of Florida annually;
and
WHEREAS, in 2010, 7.5 percent of Palm Beach County middle school students
and 20.5 percent of Palm Beach County high school students reported current tobacco
use; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that tobacco industry advertising and
promotional activities directly account for approximately one third of adolescent
experimentation with smoking; and
WHEREAS, the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement strictly forbids
cigarette manufactures from directly or indirectly targeting youth in advertising,
marketing, and promotion of tobacco productions aimed at initiating, maintaining, or
increasing youth smoking; and
WHEREAS, internal tobacco industry documents strongly suggest that
manufacturers intentionally target youth through the use of candy-like and sweet flavors
in tobacco products, and also show that tobacco companies think it is unfair that they
cannot directly market their products to youth; and
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WHEREAS, a 2004 study by the Food and Drug Administration found that while
only 6.7 percent of adults ages 25 years and older reported smoking flavored tobacco
products, 22.8 percent of teens reported using them; and
WHEREAS, candy flavoring masks the initial harsh reactions that occur when
experimenting with tobacco products and advertising and marketing campaigns downplay
the harmful effects of these products; and
WHEREAS, a recent study found that youth believe candy-flavored tobacco
products are "safer" and "taste better" than traditional tobaeco products; and
WHEREAS, surveys conducted by "Students Working Against Tobacco" have
recently discovered tobacco products flavored with grape, wine, cream, apple, cherry, and
numerous other flavors in various retailers throughout Palm Beach County; and
WHEREAS, some of these tobacco products, specifically flavored cigars, cigar
rolling papers, and hookah products, Have also been known to be used as drug
paraphernalia for smoking marijuana.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta hereby urges all
local retailers that sell tobacco products, especially retailers whose merchandise is
accessible to minors, to refrain from marketing and swelling flavored tobacco products,
including but not limited to cigars, cigarillos, bidis, smokeless tobacco products, hookah
tobacco, and cigar/cigarette rolling papers, in order to reduce the exposure and use of
such tobacco products by minors in the Village of Tequesta, Florida.
Section 2: The Village Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this resolution to
the Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County Tobacco Prevention and Control
Program.
Section 3: This resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
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