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2011-27659 ResoRESOLUTION NO. 2011 -27659 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING LOCAL RETAILERS SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO REFRAIN FROM SELLING AND MARKETING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS BECAUSE SUCH PRODUCTS TEND TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE TOBACCO USE BY MINORS AND YOUNG ADULTS. WHEREAS, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, and almost 90 percent of tobacco users started before they were 18 years old; and WHEREAS, each day, more than 4,000 young people try smoking for the first time, and over 1,000 become regular daily smokers; and WHEREAS, the Surgeon General has concluded that tobacco advertising greatly contributes to youth smoking rates; and WHEREAS, an estimated one third of adolescent experimentation with smoking can be directly attributed to tobacco advertising and promotional activities; and WHEREAS, the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) reached in 1998 between state Attorneys General and major tobacco companies forbids cigarette manufacturers from directly or indirectly targeting youth in advertising, marketing and promotion of tobacco product or to take any action to initiate, maintain or increase youth smoking; and WHEREAS, internal tobacco industry documents strongly suggest that manufacturers intentionally target youth through use of candy -like flavors in tobacco products; and WHEREAS, research from the Harvard School of Public Health (published November 2005) found that cigarettes makers are targeting young smokers with new candy and liqueur - flavored brands that mask the harsh and toxic properties found in tobacco smoke. Tobacco companies use youth- oriented colorful and stylish packaging, and exploit adolescents' attraction to candy flavors with names such as "Mandarin Mint," "Winter Warm Toffee," and "Twista Chill;" and WHEREAS, on September 22, 2009, the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act ( "Act ") went into effect which imposes a ban on the sale of cigarettes containing certain flavors, herbs, or spices including strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee; and WHEREAS, the Act does not include a ban on menthol cigarettes or other types of flavored tobacco products such as cigars, hookah, or smokeless tobacco products; and WHEREAS, national studies have found that the vast majority of people who are using the flavored tobacco products are minors and young adults; and WHEREAS, some of these tobacco products, specifically flavored cigars and blunt wraps, are also used as drug paraphernalia for the smoking of marijuana; and WHEREAS, flavored tobacco products are defined for purposes of this Resolution as loose tobacco including snuff flour, plug and twist tobacco, fine cuts, chewing tobacco, snus, shisha tobacco, smoking or snuffing tobacco products, and all other kinds and forms of tobacco, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco products, and blunt wraps prepared in such a manner with the purpose of chewing, inhaling, smoking or ingesting in any manner in which the product or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) contain, as a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor or an herb or spice, including but not limited to, strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, coffee, or alcohol flavors, that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that all local retailers who sell tobacco products are hereby urged to cease the sale and marketing of all flavored tobacco products, which are defined herein as loose tobacco including, but not limited to, snuff flour, plug and twist tobacco, fine cuts, chewing tobacco, snus, smoking or snuffing tobacco products, and all other kinds and forms of tobacco, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco products and blunt wraps prepared in such a manner with the purpose of chewing, inhaling, smoking or ingesting in any manner which have been flavored through the addition of natural or artificial flavorings, herbs, spices or other means with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, alcohol or other similar flavorings. PASSED AND ADOPTED this I N day of May, 2011. ATTEST: f MAti Herrera 1361ver Mayor p ie) I�-t- Robert_Par_cher INCO •RA vo • APPROVED AS TO FORM ANGUAGE & F XECUTION S b i� TTORNEY� AT F:\ATTO \TURN \RESOS \Refrain from Selling and Marketing Flavored Tobacco Products2.docx m MIAMIBEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY JOSE SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY COMMISSION MEMORANDUM TO: MAYOR MATTI HERRERA BOWER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION CITY MANAGER JORGE M. GONZALEZ FROM: CITY ATTORNEY JOSE SMNEi9 DATE: MAY 11, 2011 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING LOCAL RETAILERS SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO REFRAIN FROM SELLING AND MARKETING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS BECAUSE SUCH PRODUCTS TEND TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE TOBACCO USE BY MINORS AND YOUNG ADULTS. The Quality of Education of Committee has recommended that the City Commission support methods to discourage the sale of flavored tobacco products in the City because such products encourage and promote smoking among minors and young adults. At the request of Mayor Matti Herrera Bower, the City Commission referred this matter to the Neighborhoods and Community Affairs Committee on February 9, 2011. This matter was considered by the Neighborhoods and Community Affairs Committee on May 5, 2011 and it was referred by that Committee to the City Commission. Therefore, the attached Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission. F:WTTO \TURN \COMMMEMO \Tobacco Products.docx Agenda Item AX Date ;5'-11 -1