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| Chapter 8.34 TOBACCO PRODUCT VENDING MACHINES Chapter 8.34 TOBACCO PRODUCT VENDING MACHINES 8.34.010 Title. This chapter shall be known as the ordinance to prohibit tobacco product
vending machines in areas accessible to persons under twenty-one (21) years of
age. (Ord. 11771 § 1, 1995: prior code § 4-12.01) 8.34.020 Findings. The City Council of the city finds that: A.The adverse effects of
smoking are well established by studies conducted in the health and medical
fields; and B.The smoke emitted by tobacco products contains over four
thousand (4, 000) chemicals, many of which are known carcinogens, mutagens,
irritants and toxins; and C.The Surgeon General has identified the smoking
of tobacco products as the single most preventable cause of death in our
society, accounting for an estimated three hundred ninety thousand (390, 000)
premature deaths per year in the United States alone; and D.The smoking of
cigarettes and other related products is highly addictive, so that the chances
are only one out of twenty (20) that a smoker attempting to quit smoking will
succeed; and E.Minors are generally not informed of the adverse effects of
smoking or are led through advertisements and commercial promotions to believe
that cigarette smoking will enhance their image or lifestyle; and F.Tobacco
product vending machines provide minors unregulated access to smoking products,
increasing the risk of early exposure to smoking which may result in ...
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