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<br />Ordinance No. NS - ____
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<br />WHEREAS, there is evidence that youth may be sensitive to nicotine and that
<br />teens can feel dependent on nicotine sooner than adults.
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<br />WHEREAS, as of 2017, more than two (2) million teens were currently using e -
<br />cigarettes.4
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<br />WHEREAS, according to the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than
<br />23.6% of high school students in the United States use at least one tobacco prod uct,
<br />including e-cigarettes, as well as 6.7% of middle school students.
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<br />WHEREAS, in 2021, 84.7% of youth who reported using e -cigarettes reported
<br />using flavored tobacco. The most commonly used flavors were fruit (71.6%), candy,
<br />desserts or other sweets (34.1%), mint (30.2%) and menthol (28.8%).5
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<br />WHEREAS, flavorings in tobacco products can make the products more
<br />appealing to youth6.
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<br />WHEREAS, according to the CDC, each day about 1,600 youth try their first
<br />cigarette7.
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<br />WHEREAS, according to the CDC, widespread marketing of e-cigarettes and the
<br />lower cost (when compared to traditional tobacco products) have contributed t o the use
<br />of e-cigarettes among youth.
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<br />WHEREAS, if cigarette smoking continues at the current rate among youth in the
<br />United States, 5.6 million people currently under the age of 18, will die early from a
<br />smoking-related illness.8
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<br />WHEREAS, many cities throughout California have banned the sale of flavored
<br />tobacco including but not limited to, Buena Park, San Jose, La Verne, Los Angeles,
<br />Pasadena, El Monte, Glendale, Burbank and Laguna Niguel.
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<br />WHEREAS, the California State Legislature passed SB 793 banning the sale of
<br />flavored tobacco in 2020 but the statute is stayed pending the outcome of a referendum
<br />on the statewide ballot for the November 8, 2022 General Election.
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<br />4 Wang, TW, Centzke A, Sharapova S, Cullen KA, Ambrose BK, Jamal A, Tobacco Product Use Among Middle
<br />and High School Students- Untied States, 2011-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018; 67:629-633
<br />5 Park-Lee E, Ren C. Sawdey M, et al. Notes from the Field: E-Cigarette Use Amount Middle and High School
<br />Students- National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2021 . Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021.
<br />70:1387-9.
<br />6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School
<br />Students—United States, 2014. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2015;64(38):1066 –70.
<br />7 https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/index.htm?s_cid=osh -stu-home-spotlight-001
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<br />8 https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/index.htm
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